Machine: CNC Shark Pro HD
Software: vCarve Pro 8.0/Cut3D
Substrate: Wood
Background: I am having no problems with machine or software vectorizing and carving out flat images. I can upload a .3ds or .dxf file that is already done in 3D and the CNC carves it out brilliantly.
Desire: I would like to take things to the next level and carve many more 3D-ish products with rounded edges, and be able to do the 3D graphics myself, as I do all the flat graphics, vectorization through g-code, myself now.
Problem: The one .3ds file that I got took a few weeks to get done from a graphic design guy...that is just too long. Therefore, I would like to just do it myself.
Problem: Software is needed to take my images from .ai/.jpg/.png to a 3D format.
Problem: The software to do this one task seems to cost more than the entire machine.
Question: Can anybody point me in the right direction software-wise, so I can take a normal graphic to 3d format without costing me an arm and a leg?
Attached is an example of a graphic that I typically use. Again, I have not problem taking this through the process and carving out a high quality flat project.
Thanks in advance.
~Rob
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