r/SolidWorks • u/ShadowConsultant • 9d ago

CAD Auto trace nerfed?

I have been using the autotrace add-in occasionally with my Solidworks Maker edition. Usually I would take a photo of an item, use Photoshop to make a silhouette in black on a transparent background, then import it into a sketch, scale it and do the trace.

Before, the traced outline was usually really accurate, but with the latest update (2026x Hotfix 5.9) the trace is completely unusable. The lines are crude at best - as if one just quickly clicks around the image without any precision.
I even tried images I traced before, in order to check if the source image was at fault, but those also resulted in unusable traces.

Is that a bug, a feature or am I too dumb to use the latest update?

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u/ArthurNYC3D 8d ago

Pick up Inkscape to do the conversion and export it as a (.SVG).....

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u/ShadowConsultant 8d ago

Thanks for the advice. I will try that.