Translations:Macro FCBmpImport/5/en

It should be noted there are better ways to import images into FreeCAD. The best way is to convert to SVG and import as geometry for most cases. High resolution images should be avoided. These will tend to produce too many objects for FreeCAD to be able to manage. It's possible even to run out of memory and crash FreeCAD or even the entire computer, so be sure to save anything important you are working on. The process can be quite slow depending on the resolution and complexity of the image. There is an abort button you can use. If you see error messages go ahead and abort the import. Consider the case of a relatively low resolution image of 120 x 120. This is still 14,400 pixels! The algorithm goes raster line by raster line, so there would 120 lines. Where the adjacent pixels on a line are all the same color they are combined into a single object and when importing as a single fused solid these are further combined as new lines are added. The progress bar is functional as long as it is the macro that is working, but when the macro completes and gives FreeCAD the object it can sometimes take a long time for FreeCAD to digest and render and may appear to be nonresponsive. Be patient.