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Is it possible to take a picture and turn it into an layout I can extrude
orin_elkins666
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I am having trouble trying to get a picture to be turned into a 2d model that can be extruded on a solid back for 3d printing.
Is there a way to accomplish this on onshape or is there another site i could visit to do this.
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if you talking automagicly turning it into an object. no. but if you want to take a picture then import it into a sketch and trace over the picture and extrude it into a 3d flat object then yes.
@orin_elkins666
There are programs that turn bitmap images into vector files such as Vector Magic.
So it could be a matter of finding a program that saves in a vector file format that Onshape is capable of importing
I've used inkscape "Trace Bitmap" function to extract contours of an image as a DXF, then import into Onshape. The quality of the results may vary depending on what the image is…