Re: where is it? (It's the last place you looked!)

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "trent2530"
<TrentJordan25@h...> wrote:

> While net surfing the other day I found a site and software that
> would take a 2d image such as an oval and would extrude the 2d

image

> to 3d in a curved way sort of like watching bread rise. The oval

3d

> image would be flat on the bottom and curved on the top. It could
> then be saved as dxf. The beginning image could be anything -

ovals,

> letters, curved whatever's.
>
> What I'm trying to do is find a better solution to carving a bmp
> image. If I can create a solid of the oval and save as dxf that
> would help.
>
> Do any of you know where this site is?
>
> Thanks,

What you are describing sounds like ArtCam (Delcam). You can select
a closed object then apply an elavation or indention with parameters
that give it interesting "character" (like you said bread rising).
You can do everything from a simple "dome" type look up to angleur
rises. In addition you can select two lines that run somewhat
parallel and then define (draw) an edge profile then "drive" the
lines with the profile. The closer the lines the taller the profile
and vice versa. It gets really interesting when you have curved
objects inside others and you select and define with different
elevations and rise characteristics. It will even let you define a
bottom cut that looks like its been hand (chip) carved. The software
is made for doing 3D type carving work from 2D artwork. Cut files can
be huge and take hours to run.

Best be sitting down when you find the price. Last I saw was 7500.00
for a single user (gulp).

I am not aware (but others may be) of similar lower cost software.
The primary difference in art/carving type software is that you don't
have to draw anything in 3D and model it. It's a bigger challenge to
make something like Rhino 3D (very nice 3D design package) do pure
artistic type stuff where you are not after exact measurements but
more flowing and unique surfaces.