Scanning an outline into APS3000

General Discussion
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I have a picture of an existing board i’m focusing my 2nd shaping attempt to try and replicate. i created a template in APS3000 but it looks a tad off. i want to try and scan the outline [not the rocker] of the board so my template will hopefully come out more precise and also for learning how to do it for the future.

so, i’m sure i could figure it out but i’ve already run into a road block. I go to ‘File’ ‘Image Board’ and then select the picture (.jpg), but then the pic doesn’t show up on the APS screen. i tried starting a new board beforehand and seeing if it would lay on top of it, but that didn’t work either.

any tips? suggestions? am i doing anything wrong?

also, should the picture be cropped down to a certain size?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

-jeremy

2

choose OUTLINE for an outline picture

on SHOW/HIDE “Show Image Board” is checked

If not these, post again

HTH

greg

3

still won’t show even though ‘Show image board’ is shown.

i went to the ‘help’ page and did what it said to also but still no image.

thanks for your help so far…

4

You definitely have to start/open a board first. It won’t open an image otherwise.

Unless the image is not saved as a good .jpg or there’s something wrong with the file, the stuff I said before should work to open it, as long as you have a board open, the outline option working, and show image board checked

g

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5

could be the jpg is too big for the software/RAM to deal with

reduce the number of Kb (MS Office Document Imaging does this pretty easily through the pic edit/change size)

6

hi JDM,

did send you a little manual, hope it helps.

you may try to change the picture into another format (like gif for example) or you make a screenshot of the outline or profile of the board. this reduces the file size and enables you to choose a different file format.

you find an excellent free screenshot program at:

http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm

7

Ckeck the text box in the lower right corner near the measurements. There might be an error message there when you try to load the image

8

thank you so much miki and everyone else.

[i really appreciate it. thanks for taking the time to make the manual. we’ll see if it works!]