What is the best tool for tracing?
What is the best tool for tracing?
(OP)
In SW 2004 how can I used a BMP of JPEG file in the background of a sketch to help me trace an image? What is the best tool for tracing?
Once the tracing I done I would delete it.
Once the tracing I done I would delete it.






RE: What is the best tool for tracing?
RE: What is the best tool for tracing?
Select the face, create a new sketch, and using the "insert picture" toolbar icon (not the 'menu command' for this - for some reason the last time I had to do this, the two commands yielded different behaviors), add the image.
With 2007, there is an "insert sketch picture" command.
Not sure with which version it appeared.
Remember...
"If you don't use your head,
your going to have to use your feet."
RE: What is the best tool for tracing?
When you import you image make sure to move it some you will have a good datum point for reference. I try to put a hole, corner on the origin or if there is a straight edge I make that parallel with a plane.
I hope this help you out.
CJ Goodrich
Product Design Engineer
Leatherman Tool Group
Portland, Oregon
RE: What is the best tool for tracing?
Once I have the logo traced, I'll normally extrude the feature with the sketch to produce a flat surface. I'll open a sketch on that surface, convert the entities to regain the outline again, and close the sketch. Simply copy this sketch where you need it and use the +/- tool in the sketch toolbar (show it if you don't see it) to resize in small increments wherever you need it. You can then work with the logo or whatever any place you need it while keeping a single part file of your original trace--no need to delete the BMP.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: What is the best tool for tracing?
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RE: What is the best tool for tracing?