# Convert a PNG to SVG for Tinkercad. Tinkercad imports SVG files and turns them into solid shapes, but it will not take a PNG. Trace your logo into an SVG here, remove the shapes Tinkercad would turn into a slab, and import it at the size you need. Text of . The page itself also carries the working image converter. > **The short answer** > > Tinkercad only imports vector files such as SVG, not PNG, JPG or GIF. Trace the PNG on this page and download the SVG (free, no account), delete its canvas-sized background rectangle in a vector editor, then press Import in Tinkercad's 3D workspace, set the size in the import settings and import. Tinkercad makes the outermost closed path solid and alternates hole and solid for the paths nested inside it, so a leftover background rectangle becomes a slab with your logo as holes in it. ## What does a traced logo look like to a 3D app? A keychain tag drawn for this page on a transparent background, traced on 2026-11-01 the way the converter uploads it, with the same engine and settings. Left is the input, right is the SVG exactly as the engine wrote it. Tinkercad reads the outlines of these shapes, not their colours, so their order and nesting decide what becomes solid and what becomes a hole. ### Keychain tag filling its canvas, Balanced preset - Input: PNG, 600 × 600 px, 19.0 KB: ![A navy rounded-square keychain tag with a round keyring hole and an orange lightning bolt, on a transparent background that fills only the corners](https://pic2svg.com/examples/uc-png-to-svg-for-3d-printing/keychain-tag.png) - Output: SVG, 6.2 KB, 4 paths, spline mode, Balanced preset: ![The traced SVG of the tag: it looks the same, but its first shape is a navy square as large as the whole canvas](https://pic2svg.com/examples/uc-png-to-svg-for-3d-printing/keychain-tag.svg) Four paths, in this order: a navy square covering the whole 600×600 canvas, a near-white (#FEFEFE) frame with a tag-shaped hole that paints the corners white, the orange bolt, and a white circle for the keyring hole. Delete the white shapes here and a full navy square is left, not the tag. ### Same tag with an 80 px transparent margin - Input: PNG, 760 × 760 px, 20.4 KB: ![The same keychain tag with a wide transparent margin around it](https://pic2svg.com/examples/uc-png-to-svg-for-3d-printing/keychain-tag-margin.png) - Output: SVG, 6.2 KB, 4 paths, spline mode, Balanced preset: ![The traced SVG of the tag with a margin: a white canvas rectangle, the navy tag on it, the orange bolt and a white keyring circle](https://pic2svg.com/examples/uc-png-to-svg-for-3d-printing/keychain-tag-margin.svg) Four paths again, but now white covers the most area, so the first path is a white (#FEFEFE) rectangle under the whole 760×760 canvas, and the navy tag is its own shape, 442 px wide. The keyring hole is still a white circle painted on top of the tag, not a hole in it, and the tag shape continues under the bolt. ## How do you get a PNG into Tinkercad? Two steps on this page, one in a vector editor, then Tinkercad's import as Autodesk documents it. 1. **Trace the PNG on this page:** Give the logo a transparent or white margin first, so the background covers more of the canvas than the logo does. Then drop, choose or paste the PNG into the converter at the top. Balanced is the default preset; Compact merges similar colours into fewer shapes. 2. **Download SVG:** Check the preview and press Download SVG. It is free and needs no account. The file holds only filled paths — no embedded picture, text or clip paths, which Tinkercad would discard — and you can confirm that with the [SVG cut-file checker](https://pic2svg.com/svg-cut-file-checker/). 3. **Delete the background shapes:** Open the SVG in a vector editor such as Inkscape and delete the canvas-sized rectangle and the white shapes you do not want, then save. For a one-colour print you can instead keep a single colour: [Split SVG by color](https://pic2svg.com/split-svg-by-color/) saves each colour run as its own SVG on the original canvas. 4. **Press Import in Tinkercad:** In the 3D design workspace, click Import near the top right and drop the SVG, or choose it — the steps in Tinkercad's [Help Center](https://www.tinkercad.com/help-center/importing-2d-designs). The file must be under 4 MB. 5. **Set the size and import:** Before the shape loads, adjust the scale in the import settings to match the size you want in millimetres, then click Import. The SVG itself has no physical unit: its width and height are pixels. 6. **Set the height, holes and fill:** The import becomes a solid shape with a default height. Change Height in the Inspector, turn shapes into holes where you need them, and try the fill mode setting in the shape's properties if solid and hole areas are not what you expected. ## What does Tinkercad do with a traced SVG? Tinkercad's rules, from its [SVG guide](https://www.tinkercad.com/blog/import-and-export-svg-files-tinkercad), applied to the example above. We did not import the files into Tinkercad; what follows is what those rules predict, so check the shape before you export it. - **The outermost path becomes solid:** Tinkercad extrudes the outermost closed path as a solid and alternates hole, solid, hole for closed paths nested inside it. Every pic2svg trace starts with a rectangle as large as the canvas, so left in place it is the outermost path, and the logo inside it turns into holes in a slab. - **Colour does not survive, outlines do:** Tinkercad's guide says it does not support fill data, although paths that carry a fill colour are still imported: expect one shape, not a multicolour model. What matters is which outlines lie inside which. In the margin example, with the white rectangle removed, the navy tag is the outermost path and the bolt and the keyring circle lie inside it, so the rule predicts a solid tag with the bolt and the hole cut through it. - **Holes are shapes on top, not gaps:** In the trace the keyring hole is a white circle painted over the tag, and the tag itself has no hole. Keep the circle if you want a hole — by the nesting rule it is the one that becomes a hole. Delete it with the other white shapes and the tag comes out solid. - **The logo must not fill the frame:** Without a margin, the example's first shape is a navy square covering the whole canvas, and the tag's outline exists only as the edge of a white frame on top. Removing white shapes then leaves a square. Add a margin and trace again rather than repairing that file. - **Size and complexity:** Larger images are scaled down to about 0.6 megapixels before tracing, so a flat logo stays small: each example SVG is 4 paths and about 6 KB, far under Tinkercad's 4 MB limit. A photo is the exception: it is reduced to flat colour bands, which import as a tangle of thin nested shapes. ## Tinkercad SVG import problems and fixes What you may see after importing, the cause in the file, and the fix. | Symptom | Cause in the SVG | Fix | | --- | --- | --- | | Tinkercad will not accept the file | It is a PNG, JPG or GIF, or an SVG of 4 MB or more | Trace it to SVG here; reduce colours or size if the SVG is large | | A flat slab with the logo cut out of it | The canvas-sized rectangle is the outermost path | Delete it in a vector editor before importing | | A solid square instead of the logo | The logo filled the frame, so the bottom rectangle is the logo colour | Add a margin around the logo and trace again | | Wrong size | Width and height are pixels | Set the size in the import settings, or scale the shape afterwards | ## Tinkercad SVG questions ### Can I import a PNG into Tinkercad? No. Tinkercad's Help Center says it only supports vector files like SVG and does not import JPG, PNG or GIF. Trace the PNG to SVG first, for example on this page. ### How do I import an SVG into Tinkercad? In the 3D design workspace, click Import near the top right, drop or choose the SVG, adjust the import settings if needed, and click Import. The SVG becomes a solid shape with a default height. ### Why did my SVG import as a solid block? Tinkercad makes the outermost closed path solid. A traced SVG starts with a rectangle covering the whole canvas, so that rectangle becomes the block. Delete it, and any other background shapes, in a vector editor before importing. ### What is the file size limit for SVG in Tinkercad? Tinkercad's SVG guide says the file must be under 4 MB. Traces from this converter are usually far smaller; the example SVGs are about 6 KB each. ### Is converting a PNG to SVG for Tinkercad free? Yes. Tracing, the preview and the SVG download are free, with no account needed for one image. See [pricing](https://pic2svg.com/pricing/) for the paid formats. ### What if I need exact dimensions in a CAD program? Tinkercad can send designs to Fusion. For a direct route, see [PNG to SVG for Fusion 360](https://pic2svg.com/png-to-svg-for-fusion-360/); for printing on a Bambu Lab printer, [PNG to SVG for Bambu Studio](https://pic2svg.com/png-to-svg-for-bambu-studio/). ## Related converters and guides - **PNG to SVG for Bambu Studio:** [Trace a PNG logo for Bambu Studio and delete the right background shapes before you slice.](https://pic2svg.com/png-to-svg-for-bambu-studio/) - **PNG to SVG for Fusion 360:** [Insert a traced logo in Fusion 360 as a sketch, at a real size you set.](https://pic2svg.com/png-to-svg-for-fusion-360/) - **Verify an SVG:** [Four tests that tell a real vector SVG from a bitmap in disguise.](https://pic2svg.com/how-to-check-if-svg-is-a-real-vector/)