# Draw File from a Photo?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-file-from-a-photo/14286>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-file-from-a-photo/14286 "2021-08-05T19:35:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DrBukk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@DrBukk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrBukk)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-file-from-a-photo/14286/1 "2021-08-05T19:35:52Z")

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Probably a stupid question, but if I take a photo of something, can Shapr3D try to map the contours? Forgive me because I know nothing.

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-file-from-a-photo/14286/2 "2021-08-05T21:49:09Z")

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No, but if you could somehow convert it to a DXF vector drawing it should work. I’m not sure what the state of image-to-vector apps is these days.

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**Author:** ![JM\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JM\_D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JM_D)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-file-from-a-photo/14286/3 "2021-08-05T23:36:17Z")

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Apps I’ve used are not that accurate. Illustrator works very well for creating vector files from jpeg or png, and exports to dxf. Also, no stupid questions! I spent a week trying to figure this out when I started because I didn’t even know what I was asking for or any of the terminology yet.

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-file-from-a-photo/14286/4 "2021-08-06T01:41:49Z")

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I’m a Corel Draw guru. Corel Trace works reasonably well. However CorelDraw is amazing at drawing over photos. It’s vector tools are top notch. Painstaking work, but worth it.