Has the Image Generator been removed? Ive got a very basic image that I want to print ... just a word that I drew in photoshop ... Any chance of getting the image generator back or can you recommend a way to extrude this and maybe convert it to .svg or something useful?
Thanks,
Mike Sims
The Image Shape Generator has been wreaking havoc with many users lately when buried deep within groups. Its caused conflicts in designs which prevents the model opening after reaching a certain complexity threshold. We Have removed the Shape until we are able to create a new one that is more efficient and compatible with our current geometry system.
If you really need to use it, you can still copy from any old model that contains the shape.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
I didn't see an option to delete my post, so I wanted to say that I figured out how to do what I needed to do. I basically followed the instructions on this page, but I used his extension for the Inkscape software (even though he said it hasn't been modified for a long time now) by copying the two files into the share/extensions folder in the Inksdape folder under program files, then re-launched the app and somehow I got my image converted into paths ... then selected the whole image and used his extension, which saves the file to opencad format. Then. I opened it in opencad and rendered it then saved it as .stl file and opened in Tinkercad and it worked like a champ for me!
Hope that helps someone in the future...
Mike Sims
Wow! I just came back to TinkerCAD to do this very thing and couldn't find "image generator" anywhere. That was such a cool feature; I wonder why it was removed. There are more tedious ways of accomplishing this (I found something not too bad at http://app.selva3d.com/), but I sure wish TinkerCAD would restore Image Generator!
So image generator no longer exists? Why?!
I figured out that you can just import an image, but first you have to convert it to SVG. I used this website to convert my image.
As was mentioned, the Image Generator code is still "inside" Tinkercad. It's just not available via its old icon/button.
All you do is do a google search for tinkercad image generator and you'll find projects that you can load.
When you load it, Image Generator is there and fully functional.
Just make a copy of that project for safe keeping. Use the copy you make for your project.
You just rename it to what you want and replace the image on that to something of your own.
JPG will work and you don't have to convert to SVG.
Like the other person said though, perhaps don't make your project too complicated as the deeper the nesting, reveals a nasty bug.
I would imagine though, that you could make several small projects, all saved under different names, each having separate components.
Then, you could start TinkerCad in a new tab or new window, then just go to each of the saved projects you need (on the 1st tab), highlight the component you need, CTRL+ALT+C to copy, then go to your 2nd TinkerCad tab/window and just paste.
You could probably do that with several components and then just assemble them into 1 object.
A bit of work, but doable.
@Blondie - I think I may be missing something. When you write "Image Generator is there," where is "there"? In the "Shape Generator" menu? Much appreciated!
You'd think TinkerCAD after all this time could find a way to get this going again, even if it simply means filtering out any shapes which it considers too complex. It was one of the absolute coolest features of TinkerCAD which really is a wonderful program in its own right. As a middle school teacher, it has been a delight to introduce students to CAD and watch them soar (perhaps into a future career using AutoCAD)!
A TinkerCAD build with Image Generator content may be found at https://www.tinkercad.com/things/5or2DEIckDR Thank you so much, WL! I will promise not to try anything too complex! :)