That's pretty easy, and can even be done with the. It is theoretically feasible with ArtCAM Pro's sculpting tools, but I know I couldn't take a photograph of someone and turn it into a relief of them, unless I did it like a lithophane, where the light is transmitted through rather than bounced off of the relief. Check it out at What I think you are describing, going from a photograph to a bas relief, is just about impossible to do. The only truly 3d thing you can do in Insignia is the v-carving. However, the only thing Insignia can do with a photograph is convert it to vectors. There is no training provided or recommended with Insignia, and we get almost no support calls on it. The bridging feature, the advanced nesting with waste vector generation (makes a drawing of your scrap board so you can use it later), toolpath simulation, as well as the great features the standard toolpathing strategies have really make it a good product. The v carving algorithm is the fastest on the market and they really cut great. Insignia is a great program, and if you need it's functions it is tough to beat. Am I asking the question correctly? The ease with which the program could do this would be a major factor in the purchase. One question that strikes me about using scanned images If light to dark is used for depth and height of the relief and you want to do a face of a pale person with dark hair, can artcam separate these parts of the image so that the eyebrows and hair are higher than the facial features, etc. If you could email the details of the next session I would be glad to consider coming over for a visit. A raised image is what I am after with perhaps a textured background to emphasize the subject. I want more of sculptured look and feel, especially when using the solid surface materials. Hard to tell if it would actually be deep enough (or raised enough) since it's 2d on the computer screen and I only have one good eye! I will probably have to carve deeper because I do not want to have to stain or paint the images. That is a nice piece of work you referenced me to, David. Instead of the darkest being the deepest I made the White the deepest. anyway if that will work then look at that possibility otherwise I've done some rosettes that look as if they were chip carved by hand with very detailed lines and have done a type of 3d just using the tiff converter and intering in the values in reverse.
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look under the heading 'converting bitmapped images' under the topic header 'drawing cad/cam/drawing software conversions' and scroll down to almost the bottom of the page, You will see a sign I did using the converter and that image is on a piece of maple about 24' x 18' tall the wolf itself is about 14'x18' and it took the Bot right at 1 hour to do. Larry do you intend to do raised or incised carvings? If you only want a 'portrait' type of image and can do it shallower than the 1/4 to 1/2 deep cuts that you talk about then the tiff converter that comes with the Shopbot can do some very impresive images. You can contact me directly and I'll try to answer whatever I can about how I cut 3d in Artcam.Bill P.
This is all done without ever turning on your router.And as Jeff also pointed out, we all get better/faster at the process the more we do it.
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You add the parameters it asks for, and then a cutting file is generated WITH a full on screen preview of what your finished project will look like ( in a 3D preview screen) as well as telling you how long it will take you to complete the job.
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I can't speak for the other 3D software but Artcam does not really use 'programming' as much as it involves filling in the blanks on a series of what they call 'wizards'to get your file competed. I've combined close to 20 different files into a single image and carved them all as a singular unit.Īs far as getting 'quality 3D images from 2D sources' Artcam does that as well, and probably easier than most other software, but obviously without knowing the kind of work you are planning on, it's hard to give you specific answers.Jeff is right on the money in desribing the cutting process for most 3d work but Artcam also lets you do an 'offset' toolpath which will follow the profile of an object.Quality translates into time when cutting 3d files, and you start looking at hours to complete projects. Larry, I have used Artcam Pro to do the kind of work you are describing.
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