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ProE Tip of the Week: Create a Trace SketchYou’re tasked with creating a 3D model of a hard-to-measure object; it has complex curvature and few—if any—planar surfaces. How can you capture the shape of the object in your model? Simple! Insert a 2D picture into your model, and then trace the object in the picture. Note: ProE’s STYLE add-on has a feature called “Trace Sketch” that allows you to import a picture directly. However, the STYLE add-on is an extra cost option that most users do not have. The following procedure will work without the STYLE add-on!

Hockey Stick Blade 3D Model ?

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Step #1: Create a surface.

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Step #2: Click Appearance Gallery > Appearance Manager

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Step #3: Click “Create a new appearance”

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Step #4: 1. Click on the “map” tab. 2. In the pull-down menu under “Color Texture”, select “image”. 3. Click the square to the left of the pull-down menu.

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Step #5: Navigate to the picture file.Click “Open”.Close the Appearance Manager.

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Step #6: 1. Click “Appearance Gallery”. 2. Click your new appearance.3. Select the surface that was created in step#1.

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Step #7: The surface now displays the picture!The final step is to tweak the overall size of the surface so that your image is scaled correctly. Note that the height:width ratio of the surface should be the same as the picture (otherwise, the imported picture will be stretched).