Hi All,
I don't know if I already posted or not? I am new to tinkercad and changing jpg to png to svg so i can import into stl importer? I saved my png in paint, then used the online converter to an svg and I am trying to import it into tinkercad? I would greatly appreciate if someone can show or tell me step by step what I need to do. I learn by doing.
Thank you
Loriblackdog
Isn't this where I post to get suggestions and help on what I need? Can anyone help me?
Thank you
Loriblackdog
Hi there! I must admit, this forum is pretty woeful, really - I don't think anyone from TinkerCAD has looked at it for a looooong time... - LOL
Anyways... I've had a lot of trouble with svg files in TinkerCAD, too, and have just worked out how to do it :) You'll need the drawing program Inkscape, though, but it's free, small and quite neat to have anyway.
Step 1 - Drag your jpg or png file into Inkscape's open document and if offered the option, choose "Link" instead of "Embed"
Step 2 - Go to Path... Trace Bitmap, accepting the default settings
Step 3 - Drag the newly-created vector down a little to show the original image behind it. Delete this bitmap, you don't need it any more
Step 4 - Select your vector image and go to Object... Ungroup
Step 5 - Save as... choose optimised SVG and accept the defaults
Step 6 - In TinkerCAD, start a new project and then choose the Import option on the top right of the screen
Step 7 - Drag your new svg file onto the dialogue box and import- voila!
If you find that you get an orange warning box and "unable to import" kind-of-message, check that you deleted the original bitmap in Inkscape before saving it as an svg file: this threw me at first. I was creating svg files with sizes of around 200Kb that were failing; but deleting the bitmap, and making sure "linked" and not "embed" was selected dropped the svg file down to less than 10Kb, and it imported fine.
HTH!
Mxx
Thank you Mxx - your answer (particularly the "delete bitmap" part fixed my issue. I have worked on this for two days and your post here was the first direct answer.
Mich