Hi Bud
Is this a job you could do
Pete
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Hi Bud
Is this a job you could do
Pete
But your question was about getting an image through to cnc!! To get the best out of photoVcarve Use the highest resolution photos you have, first run through an Image edditing program & increase the contrast, then convert them to black and white (not gray scale).
If you want to make a part of the image stand out more then you are going have to put some work into it to raise or lower said part, then you are looking at using another program such as Vertric ASPIRE in which you import an image work on it and take it through to produce the toolpaths for cutting on a cnc or laser, but going this route is expencive but rewarding in the finished piece.
Phill
From what you are saying, you might be looking to turn a picture into a 3D model, rather than the light-and-shade conversion that PhotoVCarve does. This is something I did a while back - I can't pretend that it's good, but it's better than I expected. It's part of a project to make a nameplate for my house. I used 123D Catch to turn a bunch of digital photographs of the badger model into an STL model which I then hacked around a bit, and used Cut3D to turn into a toolpath. It was all done when I was new to the software and the whole CNC thing, so it's not done very well, but it illustrates the art of the possible, maybe. I could imagine using this technique to get an impression of an aircraft emerging from a flat plate.
Original model:
Attachment 15486
Machined model:
Attachment 15487
The grooving effect is because I didn't use an appropriate step-over for the ballnose cutter used for finishing. As I say, it's not good but even to achieve this was a lot of work. I guess you might be able to find someone with 3D scanning capability, given an aircraft model as a starting point.
So you would like to do it by cutting or by laser, i don't understand?
Cause if by laser you need to retouch the file in Photoshop and make it look beveled
Or you need to make it a real 3D with Aspire or similar.
This bike is worked through Aspire and cut into a stone memorial.
http://www.mycncuk.com/attachment.ph...id=15488&stc=1
http://www.mycncuk.com/attachment.ph...id=15489&stc=1