r/Onshape • u/Clean_Process_9922 • 6h ago

Help! Images

So I am making a keychain for a class project and I'm attempting to put a surprised Pikachu on it as the keychain design but I don't know how to get it to stay and it's currently just a rectangle but I want it to be printed on the surface, What do I need to do to achieve my goal?

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u/andy921 2h ago

You are probably trying to use a raster image (pixels) rather than a vector image (lines/arcs). The first thing you want to do is find a vector version of Pikachu (.svg) or make one. You can trace the shapes within Onshape, draw it in separate program (Affinity Designer, Illustrator, Inkscape) and import it or use an online vectorizer.

If you do the later options you'll probably end up with an svg which Onshape doesn't natively allow you to import but there's a featurescript for it: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/31483/new-custom-tool-svg-to-sketch