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Your trays

Saved trays are kept with your account and only you can see them.

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Photo

Drag the four dots onto the paper corners · or click the paper to find it again

Photo

Sample photo

Choose or take photo

Add to the current tray

Each photo adds its objects as new parts, so one tray can hold tools from several photos.

Paper size

210 × 297 mm

Tools reach past the paper

The paper is only a ruler. Parts outside it are traced on the table too, so use a plain table that differs from the tool.

Paper corners

The paper is found automatically. Move the dots if they are not exactly on the corners.

Photo tips

Shoot straight from above, ideally from a little further away with zoom.
Even light gives soft shadows. Avoid flash and a single lamp close by.
Shiny metal: use yellow or beige paper so steel and shadows can be told apart.
Keep the object at least 1 cm from the paper edge, or turn on “Tools reach past the paper”.
The whole sheet must be in the photo, on a surface darker than the paper.

Rectified · 1 px = 0.2 mm

100 %

Click an object to switch it on or off

Outline

Check the outline

Every tool is coloured all the way to its edge.
Untick anything that is not a tool in Found objects below.
A bit missing or too much? Fix it with Points, Add or Erase below.

AI threshold50

Lower finds more of the tool, higher trims more of the background.

The AI traces your tools as soon as you add a photo. It runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

Found objects

Thickness for new parts (mm)

Touch up outline

Click a tool to show its points. Drag a point to move it. Drag a small dot on a line to split the line with a new point. Right-click (or long-press) a point to delete it.

Brush size8 mm

Outline not right?

Most photos need nothing here. Try these if a tool is missing, a shadow is still coloured, or edges look rough.

AI detail

Sensitivity50

Shadow filter60

Sensitivity and Shadow filter help the AI find the edges. Blue hatching = shadow; raise the filter if the shadow is still coloured.

Clean lines

Fit straight lines and arcs

Squares = sharp corners · rings = tangent joints.

Calibrate scale

Scale 100.0 %

Top view

Click a part to select it · Drag to move it

3D · drag to rotate

Tray

Your tray in 4 steps

Parts

Shift- or Ctrl-click parts to select several, then Merge.

Import DXF / SVG

Gap between pockets (mm)

Size and fit

Clearance (mm)

Extra room around each tool so it drops in easily. 1 mm suits most tools.

Size W × D × H (units)

Stacking lip, so bins can stack (4.4 mm)

Finger pockets

Shape

Width (mm)

Suggest automatically

Partner pocket

Pairs per part

Pocket top edge

Size (mm) mm

Label

Text

Second line

Font

Style

Height / depth (mm)

Letter spacing (mm)

Rotation

Part names in pocket floors mm

Engraves each part’s name in its own pocket, so you can see what is missing. Name parts in the part panel.

Multi-colour

Pick a colour, then click a face in the top view or the 3D view: a pocket floor, a step, the top surface or the label. Click again to remove it.

Colour layer (mm)

Label

Fit test

Print a thin frame of each outline first (a few minutes) and lay the tools in it. Then tell ShadowGrid how it fitted.

Frame height / width (mm)

How did it fit?

Tool library

Add saved parts to any tray without a new photo.

Baseplate

Drawer W × D (mm)

Grid (units)

Name and thickness

Name

Quantity

Thickness

mm

Sticks out

Placement

Rotation0°

Auto-aligned to the longest straight edge.

X / Y / angle

Snap when dragging

Pocket shape

Clearance, this part (mm)

Pocket steps

New step depth (mm)

Actions

Round or bevel corners

Radius (mm) mm

0 of 0 corners selected

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Accuracy

Appearance

Printer

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Features

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