Convex vs Concave surfaces
Convex vs Concave surfaces
Can anyone explain how to get a smooth, convex, inverted bowl-type shape on a piece of wood, then carve a design into it. I have an HD4 Shark with expanded bed and am running VCarve Pro.
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Re: Convex vs Concave surfaces
Use one of the dome clipart models set to subtract and then set the toolpath for the carved design to project onto the 3D surface.
Haven't got time to check the tutorials at the moment but I expect there's at least one covering it as it's a fairly standard thing to do.
Haven't got time to check the tutorials at the moment but I expect there's at least one covering it as it's a fairly standard thing to do.
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Re: Convex vs Concave surfaces
Highpockets, thank you for the help. I watched the video and then figured out that I wasn't projecting the toolpath onto the 3D model.highpockets wrote:Something like this?
I appreciate the input though.
MD
Re: Convex vs Concave surfaces
I got it figured out Adrian, I wasn't projecting the toolpath onto the 3D model. Thanks for the input.Adrian wrote:Use one of the dome clipart models set to subtract and then set the toolpath for the carved design to project onto the 3D surface.
Haven't got time to check the tutorials at the moment but I expect there's at least one covering it as it's a fairly standard thing to do.
MD