DIY 3d Relief

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DIY 3d Relief

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Hello guys!

I am new to VCD an wanted to say hello to the community with my first post! I am glad of beeing part of the vectric family!

My question concerns the process of creating 3d Reliefs on my own?

How are those grayscale files even correctly named?
( AKA known as the files of Design and Make you can choose from when you buy VCD10 )

The outgoing point is that I have a vector design and i do not find any way to transform this last one into 3DR.

I have read stuff on PS or CD; does this work on Gimp or Inkscape?

Thanks a lot; nice to have pro’s around!

Best,

Lex
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Welcome aboard Lex.

Can you post a picture or two of what you'd like to do?

As to the models found on Design and Make you can't create your own model using VCD you'd need Aspire.
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Hi;

I will get back to you with my project later as i am not next to my PC.
But; with VCD you can mix those files to one scene i thought? Modifying them is only for Aspire?

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Lex
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If you use V3M files from Design and Make you can combine multiple models to make scenes etc. With VCarve you can only import one 3rd party model at a time so you can't create scenes with files not in V3M format.

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Adrian,

thank you very much for your replies, got a lot to learn! If I could I would pull the trigger for Aspire, but.... enough to learn with VCD10 :D
After you can see the file I made. I wanted to let the lion pop out in a more 3D style while the stripes stay flat but pop out individually.
The file I want to put into relief, especially the lion.
The file I want to put into relief, especially the lion.
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Lex
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highpockets wrote:Welcome aboard Lex.

Can you post a picture or two of what you'd like to do?

As to the models found on Design and Make you can't create your own model using VCD you'd need Aspire.
Thanks,

above you can see the picture.

Best,

Lex
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DIYer wrote:Adrian,

thank you very much for your replies, got a lot to learn! If I could I would pull the trigger for Aspire, but.... enough to learn with VCD10 :D
One of the nice features of Vectric is that there is no monetary penalty for moving up in the programs as you need more features. Learn as you go. I went from Vcarve Desktop, Vcarve Pro, then Aspire. Keep it simple as you learn more.

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DIYer wrote:Hello guys!

I am new to VCD an wanted to say hello to the community with my first post! I am glad of beeing part of the vectric family!

My question concerns the process of creating 3d Reliefs on my own?

How are those grayscale files even correctly named?
( AKA known as the files of Design and Make you can choose from when you buy VCD10 )

The outgoing point is that I have a vector design and i do not find any way to transform this last one into 3DR.

I have read stuff on PS or CD; does this work on Gimp or Inkscape?

Thanks a lot; nice to have pro’s around!

Best,

Lex
I am not really sure what you are asking. Do you mean you want to be able to carve a 3D relief from your drawing? If so, I am not sure how to simply answer that. If you just want relief from your drawing, you can achieve that with vcarve and an outside perimeter box. As for 3D, that is whole new topic and I wouldn't recommend jumping down that rabbit hole until you get some time with your software and machine. There are some youtubes out there showing how to convert a 2d vector (.eps) into a 3d .stl. But the results are usually pretty poor if you are looking for any detail. Some folks spend years learning the basics of graphic arts. I recommend playing with the vcarve toolpath on your drawing.

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Are you looking for something like this?
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Hi folks;

Thanks a lot for your answers!
Indeed I am looking to produce heightmap pictures for 3d carvings. I thin i found my way to blender; but man is this difficult to learn, like overhead learning curve :shock: .

Yup it is something like the above example that i am looking for with the exception of wider stripes on the floor and the lion with more rounded edges, more natural ;)

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Lex
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Hi Lex,

For what you are wanting to do, it sounds like you are an Aspire candidate!
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I tried Blender a few times, very steep learning curve. I gave up....

I'm with Michael, you really need Aspire. It's an expensive upgrade from VCP, but the biggest advantage to me was it removed all the restrictions I had experienced with VCP. I was now free to do what ever I wanted.

Good luck with your project....
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