Handmade sketch drawing?

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Hello everyone,

I am a mechanical designer and I am also an artistic ironworker. 
I would like to make drawings of tree leaves (oak, maple, vine...) by hand, scan them to sketch them in inventor or solidworks.
And this in order to have them cut with a laser.

If I make them on the computer, I can't give them the same expression as by hand (and it's much longer on the computer).

I know that you can add an image to a sketch and go over it with curves. I intend to make a dozen of each kind of tree by hand so that I don't have the same ones when I make my sculptures, hence the interest that there is an image/sketch conversion. (I have attached a picture taken yesterday of a sheet of paper that I made by hand. It takes a lot of time to do, drawing on the sheet metal, cutting with plasma by hand, trimming the ends of the sheet, giving the shape with a hammer... I will remove a lot of tedious steps)

If you have any solutions, I'm interested

Thank you team


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Hello Pierre Marie.

I think your solution is in your question.

You can surely draw your sheet, scan it and insert your scan into a sketch on solidworks and do an outline detection.

On the other hand, the last step I have to ask the question myself because I don't know how to proceed to do the contour detection.

but I think it should work for you.

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- you activate the complement: autotrace

- You insert a sketch image.

- you have a second page allowing you to have the outlines in "auto".

 

 

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See also this tutorial among others

To create a model using an image

http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/3d/tuto-creation-d-un-model-l-aide-d-une-image

superb work what realism bravo

@+ ;-))

 

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Hello

 

I see 2 ways to do what you want.

1 - The graphic tablet with an optical pencil to draw directly by hand.

On the other hand, I don't know if it works directly in a CAD software.

 

2- Artcam, a CAD software for bas-relief.

You can put an image and it makes you the vectors in automatic that you can then retouch if necessary.

I think there is also a link with laser machines.

 

S.B

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Hello

With the "autotrace" add-on you should find the solution to your problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmvuiqn8_0

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Thank you all for your answers

I'll look into it as soon as possible

(PS: thank you gt22 for the comment on the photo)

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Hello

For 2D you have AutoCAD LT which you can try for 30 days.

This software will allow you to create schematics as you wish.

I have been using an XP-Pen Star 03 with Autocad lt and SketchUp for ± 4 months
My interest, at the beginning, was therapeutic. The stylus doesn't work the same muscles as the mouse. 
The most important problem with a tablet is the lack of dynamic zoom (the one on the mouse wheel). So I installed a mouse on the left side of my keyboard. My left hand quickly got used to it. 

Here are some observations: 

° With Autocad: mouse on the left to zoom in and 1 pen button for the Pan, the other for the Right Click (context menu). 

. With Sketchup: mouse on the left always close to zoom in and stylus button for "Orbit" and "Pan" (depending on whether you swipe by touching the tablet or hovering over it at ± 3mm from the surface). Very smooth. The drawn object is very easy to handle.

° The surface of the tablet should not be too large. With Autocad or Sketchup you have to use the tool icons often. The farther they are, the more tired the hand will be. It should be noted that the usable surface of the tablet can be reconfigured.

° Object input is more pleasant with a stylus. We prick a bit like with a small pair of pliers. 

In the end, the only disadvantage, for the moment, seems to me to be the space that all these tools take up on my work table.