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dimensioning a non parametric design (by danix)

Hello everyone, new day, new topic..
I've made a logo.slvs by importing a png of my logo in solvespace and tracing it with the spline tool, it looks good, it works well but I have no idea how to dimension it in order to use it in my other designs. There are no parameters nor constrains, can I scale it? How can I maintain the proportions?

Thanks again in advance :)

Attached is the file I've made

Sat May 15 2021, 01:24:09, download attachment lamp.slvs

(no subject) (by Weston)

If you know what dimensions your image is you can select two corner points of the picture and press 'd' which will allow you to change the size.

Sat May 15 2021, 01:40:32

(no subject) (by Tom)

You could link it into another slvs file with a scale factor, or copy everything and then paste transformed.

Sat May 15 2021, 02:21:32

(no subject) (by danix)

I managed to link it to another file and scale it, the only caveat is that I have to extrude it in the original file first and then when I scale it in the assembly, it gets scaled in depth as well, so I have to factor the scale it in the original extrusion otherwise I'm not able to control how thick it gets in the assembly file.

It'd be easier if I could link the 2D design in the assembly and then extrude it there, but I haven't managed to do so.. maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks a lot for your help!!

Sat May 15 2021, 06:17:38

solved!! (by danix)

after fiddling a bit with the workplanes I managed to do it!! I linked just the 2D without extruding it in the logo file first, then I selected the origin point for the linked file and created a new workplane with it, activated the workplane and then I was able to extrude!!

Thanks again for your support!!

Sat May 15 2021, 06:26:41

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