I made an interesting little discovery. This tidbit may be known to many of you in the Shapr3D community, but for others, check this out. Importing an image to trace over to create a 3D model is great. It’s nice that you can also import PNG files. An interesting property of PNG files is that you can have the background transparent. Here’s a little demo where I imported some PNG files and placed them very close to flat surfaces in 3D space. This is great for simple presentations whether making screen grabs or screen recordings.
I eyeballed moving the image as close to the surface as possible. If it started to penetrate the surface I backed it off a bit. Nothing scientific here.
I also kept the image and body in the same folder so if moved, they would move a unit.
-Mike