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16-10-2014 #11
You can also use the open source free software Inkscape to trace an image and output to dxf.
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16-10-2014 #12
Agree with Geoffrey if you can half the finished horse then with a digitising probe you could create a point cloud and mesh together for the finished horse why bother with templates at all.? Then just let the CNC machine do the work.
Even if half is too much Z height for probing or cutting you could slice into managable sizes and probe the edges then piece together very easy.
Can you show a picture of the Templates your talking about.!
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16-10-2014 #13
Ive used an xbox 360 kinect camera to scan 3d objects with good results then used slicer ( i think its called to slice it into pieces to carve
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16-10-2014 #14
Hadn't thought of that I guess I'd better checking out the options
Tim G-C
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16-10-2014 #15
To keep Z to something sensible I was thinking maybe a fat central spine that would look like a side view of a horse, then add the cnc'd side blocks to it. That way you could do the neck and head in a similar way.
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16-10-2014 #16
You can use Draftsight CAD program (free) to import a jpg as a reference and then on a different layer trace the part. No need to export as a dxf as it's already one so just save...
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18-10-2014 #17
Cheers Guys for loads of ideas on solving my problem. Jazz there's a pic on my Build log of the templates and finished Horse ...
Tim G-C
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(attrib. Voltaire but written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall "The Friends of Voltaire" 1906)
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