Matrix 9 Essentials 04 – Tracing a Background Bitmap, Mirror, and Rebuild
6 October, 2025
In this lesson
- Placing a Background Bitmap
- Using Move and Scale on a Background Bitmap
- Tracing a Background Bitmap with Interpolated Curve (“Interp Curve”)
- Using Mirror on an object
- The Rebuild Curve command.
Practice exercise
Import a silhouette shape of your choosing, and trace it.
WRITTEN BY
Jack Meyer
Bespoke jewellery designer and jewellery technology educator, providing jewellery CAD and design training since 2006.
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