Session 84 - English: Introducing Shaper Trace 

A bit early to ask but, Any thought on making a bigger frame so you can scan larger objects?

Could you just take a photo of the actual chisel and have it carve the shape so you wouldn't have to trace it?

You aren’t fully demonstrating its capabilities without an embroidery machine!!

Omg I bought the trace! Will be using for my stained glass patterns. I've been imagining something like this for years! Game changer😮 I have a Wazer waterjet.

It is NOT true that ANY phone will work. The OS has to be after 2018. I could not get my app to work until I borrowed a mobile device that was 2021 OS.

This thing looks cool, but the audio sync is like watching a dubbed 1970s kung fu movie.

Game changer. Another great idea/tool from Shaper!

Add that feature the the Shaper Origin: some tape around the area to scan and off you go...

Hey Shaper, I just saw your studio lighting in the video and was curious, what brand and type are those lights?

One more step to the heaven of vectorizing: having the same result without tracing around the object with a pen

Great. Like to see also what happen if you take right a photo of an object that lays on a piece of paper, instead that of redraw the shape of it. does it may also work?

How would this work for a recipe trace? Would you be able to delete the lines if it is on lined paper? Basically, what kind of detail could you delete?

Greatest thing since the creation of the first CNC. WELL DONE lads !!!

Amazing addition to Shaper! Absolutely love all the product innovation Shaper has developed.

I've had nothing but issues working with Vectors in the past for cutting on vinyl. Even with (expensive) specific vector programs, images were so grainy or distorted that the amount of time to clean up wasn't worth it. So I avoided vectorizing anything hand drawn. I'm SO looking forward to this!!

Couldn't the trace be made with our Shaper Origin?

My atom flashcut needs the DXF file type. I know there are SVG to DXF converters, but can you allow the trace app to export DXF? Also, I would love a larger frame option to trace larger patterns.

The audio is screwed up.

Looking forward to receiving mine…

Where can you get the 2 color foam?

Help please Trying to get the two pack but I can t seem to choose it? Says there are still ones available but website does not come up with option to select?

Super Stoked, I just got mine last week 10/12/23 - tried with my signature and wow soooo cool!!!

Hello! Could you demonstrate tracing a pencil sketch with thin lines please? Thank you!

So, when is vcarving going to be possible on the origin, that would be awesome together with this.

5 minutes lol been trying for weeks to get it to work

This is amazing and fantastic. There needs to be one that is about four times as big as this one.

Cool shop ! With all you pros what else can one expect you all very cool people .

Thought I was quick to the draw but ended up on 2nd tier. Thanks for all your work and innovation, truly fantastic and exciting stuff. I love all your products you all have created a great company.

@shaper When will the SVG app for Fusion 360 be fixed? "Due to some internal changes made to the Fusion 360 API, the Add-In: 'ShaperUtilities' from 'Brian Ekins' cannot be loaded. You need to install a new version of the Add-In that is compatible with this version of Fusion 360."

Other question, what happens if you instead of tracing actually would mask the paper and use for example spray paint, would it also find borders in that? Would be interesting to see if it would be possible to scan for example gears in that way.

Can the app take a photo and correct for size and distortion? Something I do often is take a photo of an object and put that into fusion 360 so I can trace it and build a 3D model of the object. Having a tool that would automatically correct distortion and get accurate size would make this a lot easier. Another use case I'm thinking of is for making stickers. If you had a colour drawing then if the app could take a photo and trace the outline, you could print the photo onto vinyl and then use a cricut to cut the outline.

Love the trace design. Can’t wait to purchase.

How do you keep dust off all those lights and cameras?! Amazing shop, how much to come organize mine LOL

Once again something cool comes out and it's not available to people in Australia 😢 Really guys I can understand the shaper not being able here as it has to be supported with spare and service ect. This is a picture frame with some dots! There's no reason why it couldn't be made available in Australia.

Ordered Trace as soon as it opened! The ecosystem that Shaper is building is filled with innovation! Thank you all for the continued efforts to find new ways to create!

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Can’t wait to get mine. This is fantastic

Amazing addition guys 👍

Love the shop tour. So much more than we see on Sessions.

Cut out molds.

Where did the foam come from? Kaizen?

Leaves

$372 US dollar to Canadian dollar is $491 as of today that’s alot of money for a piece of plastic. Why does it have to be so expensive?

The issue I see is accuracy. If you are holding a device to take a picture then it will never be exactly parallel to the trace, meaning it will be at a slight angle in any direction, which will affect the final product since you did not trace the product at an angle. You traced it on a flat surface. This is fine if you just want to do a signature or trace a chisel but this will matter a great deal when you want to actually use the product for accuracy. If it is not accurate then it is no different than simply writing in black ink on a piece of white paper, taking a picture with your phone, and then uploading said picture into a jpg to vector free conversion site. Wait...that is exactly what this product is. Nothing more. The problem with doing the second method is the exact same as the problem using this device...neither are accurate. And if neither are accurate...just save the money and take a picture with your phone and upload the image to a vectorizing application (many free ones online). Come on guys....there is nothing new here. You have a created a product that does not solve a problem. You have simply created something to sell and get money. Everything this product does can already be done for free. Sorry but this is 100% true. Just look at the angle the camera was it when it took the keyhole picture. That will never be accurate.