Con­tour­Trace allows quick and easy con­ver­si­on of images into DXF for­mat. The focus of the app­li­ca­ti­on is on extrac­ting object con­tours. The resul­ting data can be used for mea­su­re­ment, inspec­tion, design and manu­fac­tu­ring. Came­ras can be cali­bra­ted to remo­ve lens errors such as dis­tor­ti­on from the cap­tu­red images. A unit to pixel ratio can be stored to direct­ly obtain true-to-sca­le contours.

Cus­tom Tool­bar is a free add-in for SOLIDWORKS CAD. It adds up to 5 addi­tio­nal tool­bars to the SOLIDWORKS user envi­ron­ment. The­se tool­bars, as well as all other SOLIDWORKS tool­bars, can be free­ly cus­to­mi­zed. Thus, stan­dard com­man­ds of SOLIDWORKS as well as macro but­tons can be pla­ced in the­se toolbars.

Macros in SOLIDWORKS allow you to auto­ma­te pro­ces­ses that are per­for­med by the user, for examp­le, through the user inter­face using the mou­se and key­board. Recur­ring tasks can be stored in a macro and exe­cu­t­ed with a sin­gle mou­se click. This saves a lot of time for ever­y­day tasks. In this sec­tion you will find some examp­les of macros, free of charge!