Pro Tip for Importing Images into Onshape

In this Onshape quick tip, TooTallToby shares a pro move for any Onshape users who want to use photos of their physical parts to help with the process of reverse engineering 3D models!
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[@reebretsat.9747]

I'd find a lot of value if you called out your mouse clicks and button presses as you went. I know it is arduous, but as a beginner it would help me taste success much more rapidly. Also, if you have any customized profile/mouse settings a guide on that would be worth a lot. Soo hard to continue to guess at your interaction methods and continue to dig a hole of problems. You're obviously a legend at this, so thanks for what you have shared.

[@uppsala7347]

You should take photos of the object from as far away as practical (using zoom). This reduces parallax error markedly.

[@airwick5083]

There's a neat custom feature that gives better control when placing an image. KZbin will probably eat my comment if I try to put a link but look for "Image (Pascoe)". It lets you place a "reference" (using x,y manipulators) to scale the image and also gives fine control over the rotation and location.

[@dennisdecoene]

i've struggled with this in the past. this workflow will save me many headaches.

[@pyrhockz]

I also usually put a ruler next to the object I photograph, then in OnShape you can draw a line overlayed on your ruler and assign it a dimension: this will scale the whole image! But beware, it needs to be the first dimension of this sketch (for some reason).

[@Skint009]

This was pretty helpful. It would be really nice if it could just import the image with its default scale, for example if you scan it in and its already sized to the exact proportions.

[@v1ncen715]

Nice tip! I usually struggle trying to rotate/resize pictures in Onshape!

[@paulstephenson5311]

Cropping the image - Tip of the year!!

[@MWright0825]

Great tip, thank you! Looking forward to the rest of your reverse engineering workflow!

[@sjbechet1111]

Ha! Worked out nearly all of that the hard way - was worth the watch to see the 'anchor' function on the corner - it takes a lot longer if you don't know about that.

[@johngayer1817]

Good idea locking to a corner. Helpful tip

[@jerryofthebikes]

gr8 job! I like your quick onshape tutors!

[@hankhamner3671]

This is a great feature of Onshape.

[@skydragon1966]

Totally love this series.

[@antondoorman5214]

Nice tutorial thanks and I'm looking out to the next video.

[@harleyfatboyuk]

very helpful, thank you

[@tristanboyle4450]

Crop tip…gold.

[@iModel-ft6kh]

Great tutorials. How do you fix image in place are such things as layers.?

[@Cchhiirroonn]

Thankyou!

[@Anthony_DP]

THank you!!!!