Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] FaceGen software conversion to CNC

George Williamson wrote:

> Has anyone done a conversion to get a photograph of a human face (not a
> 3D laser scan) into a suitable transfer software program to run on a
> CNC machine?
> If so, what format did you use and what was the reproductive quality of
> the finished item?
>

You just want light and dark on the single image to convert to high and
low spots on the machined part?
That is fairly easy, others can answer with specifics.

I was interested in carving real busts of people, like maybe making a
flea market booth type of business,
the customer comes by, sits for a couple photos, then the machine cuts
out their face, and they come back in an hour to pick up their own
little statue. Sounded like a real money maker. I contacted an outfit
that sold software to do the mulitple photos to 3-D point cloud
conversion, and they admitted the beautiful point cloud they had on
their web page required 8 hours of touch-up by a 3-D modelling expert
before it was ready to cut! OOPS! Glad I asked first. They said their
software worked real well on photos of the local post office building,
though.

This was a few years ago, so the software technology may have improved
by then.

Jon