2.5d Probing

[phill05]

First - I know this is an old thread, but it says what I want to do.

I need to do a contour map of an object and reproduce it in wood. It does not have to be accurate to the angstrom. I am trying to make a wooden insole for a shoe, so a 'bed of nails' digitisation would be OK and probably a 2mm grid would be fine enough.

I would start with a plaster cast of the foot and then 'scan' it, before putting it through software

I don't know if this would help you but I take an image of an item within a known size box or put a ruler in the shot, save in grey scale import it into Vetric Aspire and produce a 3d map you can also produce vector outline's of the imprint to clean up the imprint, save as STL file create the toolpaths save as G-code and away you go.
But as plaster is white you might have to colour the imprint a little to get best results.

Phill