James addressed the 3d question. Start up the Shark control program and load in the sample file. You will need to know what bit to use. On the line issue, if you have VCarve that came with the Shark, you can do all the line art yourself or use a standard page scanner and scan in some line art.
You will have to convert the scanned image likely a jpeg into vectors and that can be done within VCarve. Hope this helps. Bob "He's no fun, he fell right over" - Firesign Theatre. The question now is, what do I use to convert the 2D to the 3D I need what software? I do need to design 3D as well as scan and convert to 3D, I think Aspire will do all of this. BUT my question is, "is there another software that has a lower cost to get me going?
There is talk about AI, Corel etc. If I download Aspire how much will it allow me to do? Cut, engrave and mark wood, paper, metal, acrylic, leather, stone, plastics and many more. The finished file used to generate the image was made by Gantry Company gantryco. We supplied them with the vector image and they transformed it to be 3D! Attachments Black-and-White. For the best results use light woods like Maple. The higher the power the bigger the depth, but the lower the power the more details you get.
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With a few clicks and some advice from experts, anyone can convert an image into a CNC project. For inspiration, check out our recent round-up of 11 cool image-to-CNC project ideas. I am looking to be able to take a picture and convert it to an STL file or a step. Doess this software do that? STL files. You can probably use. DXF on the same application. Hi can someone help me.
I have a small cnc router at home and want to change my pdf pic to a dxf or similar format so i can machine it.
I operate it with galaad and program on edgecam but want to explore. Please email me to [email address redacted]. Could you help me? Absolutely Lee! You can see the prices at scan2cad. We also have a day free trial!
We dont have a scanner that is one meter wide and we need to make a file that around 1m by 2. Thanks Mate. Hey Josh! Yes, absolutely. You can do with with Scan2CAD. You can simply open the image in the application. I recommend trying the free trial. If you have any questions. You can contact us. Hi Ratilal, you will find pricing information here: scan2cad. Hey Dan, STP files are not supported.
Will Scan2CAD produce them for me from image files such as bmp and jpg? No sense downloading the trial version if the full version cost is too prohibitive. Hi Yakoub, you can download our free trial from here. Dear sir I am new at cnc machine. Have you downloaded our free trial yet? My problem is; all my files are bitmaps, jpegs, pings etc. I used to use, still do, Paint for all my editing and saving to F-engrave for G-code cutting.
I just purchased cut2d because it does most anything I should need except remove the background it was saved in. Can Scan2cad take out the white background to allow me to edit these vectors, images for G-code. Make sure you download the free trial and give it a try.
I am looking for a way to process off -cuts and remnant plate on a CNC plasma cutter. These off cuts can be of various sizes and shapes which remain even after nesting of large parts from Bigger plates. I want to use a cctv camera to take pictures of these remnant plates placed haphazardly on the cutting table. I hope you understood my requirement. Please advise. I assume you already have the setup for that.
I need some help. I have a cnc router and want to design and make wooden signs. Please let me know if you have a solution for my problem I would greatly appreciate it. Hi Tim, have you checked out our free DXF download packs? You may find some creative ideas for what you are trying to create. Hi, how much does this program cost after the two week period?
Thank you. The extremely fast and robust Vectric VCarving engine handles complex designs with ease providing both fast calculation speed and robust handling of imperfect data. As well as simple VCarving, the software supports many advanced VCarving strategies, such as 'flat bottomed' VCarving.
Or optionally using multiple tools for your engraving jobs, reducing both machining time and tool wear. The option to use vector start points lets you choose the positions the tool will enter the material. For some applications this can help reduce the load and as such potential marking of the finished part, created by tool vibration when plunging into a deep area.
Another advanced capability is the support for VCarving areas wider than the tool by making multiple clearance passes to achieve the required depth. This is done automatically by the software when the carved area is deeper than the maximum cutting depth of the tool. When using this toolpath the software drives the tool along the center of the vector giving you control over the way the tool ramps into the start and end of each selected object.
This has many interesting applications outside of just the standard uses you would expect for this type of operation. Perfect for:. Textured panels are often specified by interior designers and architects and textures are also a very useful option for creating backgrounds on dimensional signs.
Vectric has a unique approach to generate unique 'hand carved' looking textures which still machine extremely efficiently. Once you specify a tool typically a pointed or round profile then you have various settings you can set to create the characteristics of your texture toolpath. To give these textures a more natural and less machine made look you can set different levels of randomness.
The toolpath will replicate the same type of move that would be made by someone using a chisel to carve overlapping strokes into the material. Creating this as a toolpath move rather than as a 3D model will minimize the hand-finishing and also the machining time required to cut this.
Textures can also be 'trimmed' to a vector boundary allowing the creation of this type of finish in a background area of a job. This is a look very popular with sign makers using Vectric software. The Raised Prism machining strategy is prefect for cutting high quality raised lettering and shapes on signs for restaurants, hotels and bars etc. Use the PhotoVCarving toolpath strategy to convert photographs and images into toolpaths producing stylised engraved designs.
The created toolpaths engrave a series of lines at different depths to produce the desired image. There are two toolpaths which are typically used to machine the 3D parts of a job. The areas that these toolpaths cut is governed by selecting one of the three machining limit boundary options, model boundary, material boundary or selected vector s.
Model boundary will use the outer silhouette of the composite model all the 3D components visible in the 3D View at the time of calculation. This means there is no need to create a vector boundary around them for these operations.
Material boundary will create a toolpath that completely fills the entire job area. Selected vector s will use any vectors you have selected in the 2D view as the boundary for the toolpath. To remove the majority of unwanted stock as quickly as possible most jobs require a 3D roughing toolpath to be calculated. There are two roughing strategies available z-level and 3D raster each of these has advantages depending on the type of shape being cut.
The toolpath also has an option to specify an allowance to leave a skin of protective material on the part for the finish cut to clean up. The tool parameters let you balance the quality of the surface finish with how long the part will take to cut.
Depending on the shape of the part there is a choice of raster and offset cutting strategies. Detailed regions can be machined selectively using smaller cutters to ensure the finest of detail on a 3D project is accurately machined. Rest machining is a technique which uses multiple tools to try and efficiently optimize machining time, material removal and tool lifespan.
Within the 3D finish toolpath there is the option to use more than one tool, with each tool removing any remaining material that the previous tool was unable to machine. The rest machining technique can be controlled by specifying parameters which determine what areas are worth machining with the smaller tool. This allows text or other shapes that follow the 3D contours of the part to be efficiently machined onto the 3D component model. One of the most important productivity tools available in the software is the realistic 3D toolpath preview support.
The results of each individual or the combination of all the toolpaths can be previewed cutting into a 3D preview model. This means that whether your job is a simple toolpath with one tool, or created from a complex combination of tools and strategies at different levels you can be sure that when the job is cut, it is right first time. As well as showing that the toolpaths are correct, the high quality rendering and ability to use real world material textures and fill colors is a very valuable sales tool.
Using the simulation you can create customer proofs and evaluate design options without actually having to cut anything! The software has a built in tool database to make cutter management quick and easy. Tools can be organized in any way that suits your workflow.
There is automatic support for machine management and material management. Tools can be filtered for your current material and machine settings, which makes selecting the right tool for the job simple. The tool database contains a powerful tool naming system. This allows you to have consistent tool names, and for those tool names to match the properties of your cutter. Vectric assists with the management of your CNC machine, its capabilities for example rotary or laser add-ons , associated post-processors and default tool cutting feeds and speeds for a selection of materials.
As always our software is fully customizable for those who want to have full, low-level, control but Vectric's 'Kickstarter' wizard can help you get started with a set of tools with reasonable initial settings using our constantly updated online list of the most common machine brands and models.
To help estimate how long toolpaths will take to cut the software will calculate a time based on the length of the toolpath and the specified feeds and speeds that have been entered for the selected tool. This can be tweaked by the operator by editing the 'scale factor' so over time a value can be optimized based on actual machine performance to ensure the estimate is as close as possible to the actual cutting time.
Using the Toolpath Tiling options it is possible to machine objects and designs that are many times larger than the available area of your CNC machine bed. This process is also invaluable if the maximum sizes of your material pieces are limited. In both cases, a much larger project can still be machined by breaking the toolpath down into manageable tiles or strips, each of which can fit within the machineable area of your CNC machine, or on the available material blocks.
Once cut, the tiles can then be re-assembled to form the finished piece. Toolpath templates allow you to improve the efficiency of your production processes by saving the complete toolpath settings for common operations.
These settings can then be re-used at any time on different design geometry. Frequently used strategies and tooling can thus be applied to similar jobs, quickly and easily. The software allows you to add your own custom tools shapes to the tool library and generate toolpaths and simulate the finished result! Now you can simulate the effects of complex roman ogee cutters, round over bits and any other custom tool shape you desire. Simply draw the tool profile using the vector drawing tools or import the profile from the manufacturer and you can add your custom tool to the list.
In the tool database you can specify feed rates, spindle speeds, cutting depths etc. Wrapped Rotary Axis Toolpath postprocessing allows all toolpaths created in the software to be saved and run on CNC machines fitted with rotary axis or rotary indexer setups. These setup functions also allow you to specify your rotary part setup and view the wrapped results in the 3D view.
This function can be used for designing and cutting projects such as fluted columns and barley twists or engraving text onto round projects.
Note: This functionality wraps standard 3 axis toolpaths around a cylindrical axis, substituting one of the linear axis to drive the rotation of the block of material while it is being cut. Production Plate Engraving lets you merge text lists into templates for badges and industrial plates. It can be used to merge CSV and text based lists using variables that can automatically scale to fit a pre-made design layout. True Shape Nesting lets you automatically arrange and fit vector shapes and components into your material size or user definable area, to get optimal material usage and minimum wastage.
The nesting includes options to control part direction to reflect material grain or machine orientation. It intelligently determines what parts of your geometry should be nested together.
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