Sketch Picture PropertyManager
The Sketch Picture PropertyManager
includes two pages, accessed by 
and 
.
To see you must have Autotrace selected in Tools
> Add-Ins.
From the Sketch Picture PropertyManager
you can:
Use transparency when two
images occur on parallel planes to control the display of each image.
Sketch picture transparency is not supported when the transparency intersects
a second sketch picture that also includes transparency.
From the first page of the Sketch
Picture PropertyManager, apply these parameters to insert pictures:
Properties
Origin X Position. Enter an X coordinate value for the origin of
the picture.
Origin Y Position. Enter a Y coordinate value
for the origin of the picture.
Angle. Enter a value in degrees. A positive angle rotates the picture
counterclockwise.
Width. Enter a value for the picture width. If Lock
Aspect Ratio is selected, the height adjusts automatically.
Height. Enter a value for the picture height. If Lock
Aspect Ratio is selected, the width adjusts automatically.
Lock Aspect
Ratio. Select to keep a fixed width and height aspect ratio.
Flip Horizontally. Click to flip the picture horizontally within
its borders.
Flip Vertically. Click to flip the picture vertically within its
borders.
Values in the Sketch
Picture PropertyManager update automatically when you change the
size or position of the picture in the graphics area.
Transparency
Select one of the following transparency types.
None.
Use no transparency attributes.
From file.
Keep the transparency attributes that exist in the file.
Full image.
Select to set the whole image transparent.
User defined.
Select a color from the image, define a tolerance level for that color,
and apply a transparency level to the image.
If you select Full image:
Transparency.
Move the slider to adjust the degree of transparency.
When the slider is set to 1,
it indicates a 100% transparency.
If you select User defined:
Select a color from the image.
Matching
tolerance. Move the slider to adjust the degree to which the color
you selected is matched.
When the slider is set to 0,
the transparency is applied only where the color matches the selected
color exactly.
As you move the slider to the right, the
matching tolerance increases (a less exact match is required), so transparency
is applied to more shades of the selected color.
Transparency.
Move the slider to adjust the degree of transparency.
When the slider is set to 1,
it indicates a 100% transparency.
Click , and from the second page of the Sketch
Picture PropertyManager, apply these parameters to convert raster
data to vector data:
Trace Settings
Selection Tools
Use to select
rectangular areas 
. Select rectangular areas.
Use to select
freehand areas 
. Select irregularly shaped areas
by tracing consecutive straight and curved lines.
Use to select
polygonal areas 
. Select polygonal areas
by tracing consecutive straight lines.
Use to select
color 
. Select area based on color.
. Indicates color selected with
Use to select color selection tool.
Begin trace.
Displays the results of your area or color selection.
Preview Settings
Adjustments
All sliders adjust the level
of the source image.
Image brightness.
Adjusts the luminance level.
Image contrast.
Adjusts the difference between light and dark
areas.
Color tolerance.
Adjusts the degree to which the application recognizes the selected color.
Recognition tolerance.
Adjusts the degree to which the trace you created matches the geometry.
Apply
Click Apply
to validate the trace geometry.
The trace geometry does not
become SolidWorks geometry that you can save as a .sldprt
file until after you exit the Sketch
Picture PropertyManager.