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