# Calibration of imported photos

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/calibration-of-imported-photos/42373>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [October 21, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/calibration-of-imported-photos/42373 "2026-10-21T13:07:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![steven\_walden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@steven\_walden](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/steven_walden)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/calibration-of-imported-photos/42373/1 "2026-10-21T13:07:56Z")

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Please follow the format below for requesting a feature.

**The problem that this feature will solve:**

_Right sizing photos to match The actual dimensions of the object in the photograph._

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**

_When you import a file that you want to use as a reference image, you have to draw a line or box that matches the dimensions of the object in real life and then tediously scale the photo to match that line or box. It would be better if we could choose something to automatically calibrate this in shapr by clicking on two points and then telling it what the distance is in real life of those two points and then have shapr automatically calibrate the photograph to match.those dimensions._

**What can’t you achieve without this**

It takes several minutes of sizing, moving, resizing, rotating, snapping, unsnapping, etc, to get an image to dimensionally match the actual object.

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**Author:** ![jcclow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jcclow/32/23888_2.png) [@jcclow](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jcclow)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/calibration-of-imported-photos/42373/2 "2026-10-21T15:19:09Z")

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I could not agree more and I have been requesting this feature for about five years now.