Here's something I did recently that I'm rather proud of.
- Thread starter Jimcad
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I also did this recently.
I used RM to produce the relief for carving but 3D printed it from the relief in stead.
I used RM to produce the relief for carving but 3D printed it from the relief in stead.
Nice. I have not successfully done any photogrammetry projects yet. What little I have done with Relief Maker so far is shown here in a 2" x 2" hardwood block carved with a .015 Radius x 10 degree taper ball-nose endmill. I replicated the same dragon model and rotated one enough to look different.
My Dad died 35 years ago (1989)
We have a photo of him that we like. It was taken a couple of months before he died.
It's taken a lot to get there but thanks to Relief Maker I managed to carve it.
I have made 4.
One each for my 2 brothers & Me and 1 for my Son.
Not perfect but I'm happy with the results.
Could not have done it without Relief Maker.
We have a photo of him that we like. It was taken a couple of months before he died.
It's taken a lot to get there but thanks to Relief Maker I managed to carve it.
I have made 4.
One each for my 2 brothers & Me and 1 for my Son.
Not perfect but I'm happy with the results.
Could not have done it without Relief Maker.
I like your spoils board. I've been using painters tape and two part adhesive. Do you have a file or a pattern I could use to make one like yours?
Don't make one like mine.
I used 2 pieces of 19mm MDF glued together.
I set some M5 screwed inserts into it. Quite shallow but below the surface.
They were set 15mm in & 15mm up then a pattern of 50 x 50 to fill the board.
Then turned it over and did the same with 15.1mm diameter holes about 10 deep to take standard 15mm copper pipe. (Should have been bigger - 15.1 mm is too tight)
Unfortunately there is only a small amount of thread available in the insert and as you tighten the screws you risk jacking the spoil board up in the air.
Better to set the inserts in deep and not have the location holes on the same positions.
Also, I need to turn some 15mm pegs on my lathe. When I use wedges for clamping the 15mm pipe gets crushed.
Hope this helps.
Are you on the Vectric forum?
Jim
I used 2 pieces of 19mm MDF glued together.
I set some M5 screwed inserts into it. Quite shallow but below the surface.
They were set 15mm in & 15mm up then a pattern of 50 x 50 to fill the board.
Then turned it over and did the same with 15.1mm diameter holes about 10 deep to take standard 15mm copper pipe. (Should have been bigger - 15.1 mm is too tight)
Unfortunately there is only a small amount of thread available in the insert and as you tighten the screws you risk jacking the spoil board up in the air.
Better to set the inserts in deep and not have the location holes on the same positions.
Also, I need to turn some 15mm pegs on my lathe. When I use wedges for clamping the 15mm pipe gets crushed.
Hope this helps.
Are you on the Vectric forum?
Jim
I'm not sure if I should be on the Vetric forum because it's a pirates life for me if you catch my meaning.
Yes I do. Yo Ho Ho me Hearties.
Don't wish to be looking down my nose (but I am anyway)
Don't agree with it.
I've paid for my software so I don't approve.
V carve isn't too expensive even if you can't afford Aspire.
I can't afford Aspire & my wife will kill me if she finds out but I bought it, even though the Chinese people I bought the CNC from supplied me with a Yo Ho Ho version.
Each to their own I suppose.
Jim
Don't wish to be looking down my nose (but I am anyway)
Don't agree with it.
I've paid for my software so I don't approve.
V carve isn't too expensive even if you can't afford Aspire.
I can't afford Aspire & my wife will kill me if she finds out but I bought it, even though the Chinese people I bought the CNC from supplied me with a Yo Ho Ho version.
Each to their own I suppose.
Jim
Jim,
I assume you had Aspire convert the bitmap into the initial relief, but I've had MUCH better results on photos like that using Vectric's new AI driven EasyCreate site. The reliefs that it generated from family photos was nothing short of astounding. It would be worth a month's signup to run a bunch of family photos through. I think it would have brought your fathers likeness out with much more detail, then brought into Aspire to convert since EasyCreate only outputs to Aspire-friendly format (Something I and others have complained about, their lack of export options), then exported to RM.
Grumpy
Hi Grumpy,
Yes. I did this before Easy create existed.
I agree that it's a superb bit of software but I try not to mention it on here. Vectric have very strict rules against talking about other software on their site so I don't want to promote theirs on here. Also, I tried to improve it with Easy Create and it did a very poor job.
Relief maker is also very good software and can do things that Vectric can't so they're both very handy tools for someone like me with no artistic skills at all.
Thanks.
Jim
Yes. I did this before Easy create existed.
I agree that it's a superb bit of software but I try not to mention it on here. Vectric have very strict rules against talking about other software on their site so I don't want to promote theirs on here. Also, I tried to improve it with Easy Create and it did a very poor job.
Relief maker is also very good software and can do things that Vectric can't so they're both very handy tools for someone like me with no artistic skills at all.
Thanks.
Jim