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403 Poyntz Avenue, Suite B Manhattan, KS 66502 USA +1.785.770.8511 Sketch on Background Image Example Pathfinder 2011 Sketch on Background Image Example This example demonstrates how to import a file as a background image and then create the model by sketching. The image used is the office space of Fog Creek (we use their FogBugz software to track our bug reports) and is displayed at /items/2009/01/15.html . From the Pathfinder web site, download and save the image file, named 15floorplan.png. Figure 1: Image of the office geometry Import Background Image To select English measurements: 1. On the View menu, click Units and select EN. We will begin by importing the background image for sketching: 1. On the View menu, uncheck Show Snap Grid. This will allow us to sketch in the 2D view without snapping to the grid. 2. On the Model menu, click Add a Background Image Open the 15floorplan.png file. This will display the Configure Background Image dialog. 3. We first define the Anchor Point for the image. Type the coordinates as Model X: 0.0 ft, Model Y: 0.0 ft, and Model Z: 0.0 ft. Click the Choose Anchor Point button and click on the mark in the lower left of the image, Figure 2. 4. We next define two points that will be used to scale the image geometry and to rotate the image (if needed). Click the Choose Point A button and click on the cross mark in the upper left of the image. Click the Choose Point B button and click on the cross mark in the upper right of the image. In the Dist. A to B textbox, type 166.0 ft, Figure 3. 2 Figure 2: Define the Anchor Point on the background image. Note the red anchor point. Figure 3: Define points A and B