Artcam Image

[Lorna Schildt]

Currentlythere is no way to resize bitmaps in Autodesk ArtCAM Standard using the method you have described. This isn't the way ArtCAM's bitmap functionality has been developed. The use of bitmaps in ArtCAM is to be able to take an image and create a 3D relief from it. Once the relief is created, you can modify and adjust the relief using many tools that aren't available in any other piece of software.

If you require the ability to adjust the image size and scale, I would recommend bringing the image into an image editing studio to adjust the size. Once the size and scale is corrected, you can then open the image in ArtCAM as I have described in my last post.

It would certainly be a great new feature enhancement for ArtCAM to be able to do this, and therefore I recommend that you submit this as an idea on the ArtCAM Ideas page for consideration by the community and the ArtCAM Development team.

The question that I am trying to answer is how I can convert an artistic design in Inventor into a basrelief , hopefully without having to edit it in Photoshop, Illustrator or Corel Draw, then apply it to a regular engineering part.

If you have the image, you can insert that into an Inventor sketch then draw over it. Looks like you will need to create a lot of splines. If you are not used to using the spline tool, they can be tricky. Just make sure all of your loops are closed or you wont be able to extrude them.

The problem is depth maps are generated from actual 3d models, not 2d images. Most applications that create cut paths from 2d images are making them for lithophanes, which look weird when not backlit. For a lithophane, the darker parts will be thicker, lighter parts thinner, so less light, more light gets through the material.

I scanned with X-Box Kinect v2 for quite a long time and found that third-party software from major manufacturers of 3d scanners provide better results in terms of scan quality and accuracy of 3D models. Try the software from Faro, Artec3D or Scanect (personally, I used the trial version of Artec Studio)

I'm an ol' cabinetmaker, just learning the new world of cnc. I bought a Chinese XJ6090 cnc from SalesCnc.com, with Mach3 USB, using Windows 10, and Artcam Express 2015 R2,64 bit, build 813, with license. It only took me 2 months to setup and get Mach3 running my machine. After another month playing with ArtCam Express, I feel comfortable designing, creating toolpaths, and producing custom signage, with reliefs.

1. After using a picture file on my computer, setting a Z depth before hitting "Open", and using machine relief, I use selected vectors, a finishing and roughin tool, and calculate a toolpath. Life is Good... But when I simulate toolpath, I notice only 1 toolpath on the toolpath tree, the finishing toolpath. When I go back to Edit Toolpath, I see the roughin tool is un-selected... The very first time I used a Machine Relief, I got both toolpaths, no problem. But now, everytime it loses the roughin toolpath. Is there something I am missing?

2. Does Artcam Express have the ability to produce reliefs, that protrude from the model background (convex) instead of carving a negative profile (concave)? When I download a picture that protruded out from the background, it produces a relief with features that are recessed in a negative carving.

When creating your Machine Relief toolpath, what tools and toolpath clearance strategy are you selecting for your Finishing Options and Roughing Options? Please check and confirm.

Are you clicking the + icon beside the Project tree's Toolpaths item to display the Machine Relief tool group, and then clicking the + icon beside the Machine Relief tool group to list both of the tools used? Please confirm.

When opening an image file as a model and specifying a Z height, you aren't given the option to choose a combine mode. You are given this option when importing and pasting relief clipart into an open model.

You can import a relief into an open model by clicking and dragging a thumbnail from the Relief Clipart Library panel into the model area, or by selecting the Reliefs > Import menu option. When the relief is imported, its is shown in blue in the 3D View to indicate that it is floating. In addition, the Tool Settings: Transform panel is displayed. The Tool Settings: Transform panel enables you to control how the relief is combined with the model using its Paste Combine Mode options, which include Add and Merge High. The imported relief only becomes part of the model when you click the Tool Settings: Transform panel's Paste button.

There is no distinction between a "relief" and a "3D relief"; they are the same thing. ArtCAM Express 2015 R2 does not enable you to create reliefs from vector artwork or colours. To do so, you would need to purchase ArtCAM Standard 2017 from the Autodesk Store.

I got message "Unable to calculate toolpath, Tolerance may be too small, check other parameters" but it gave me a toolpath, with only 1 finishing tool, when I went to " EDIT Toolpaths". I could find no problems after using Vector Doctor.

With regard to your Machine Relief toolpath's Roughing Options, please adjust the Tolerance to 0.01 or 0.001 inches and then recalculate the toolpath. Afterwards, please let me know if the roughing and finishing elements of the toolpath are included in the Project tree.

When selecting the Reliefs > Import menu option in an open model, you can choose a supported image file format. The Paste Relief dialog's box Max Z box enables you to specify the height of the relief created from the image:

The resulting relief is floating in the 3D View, and the Tool Settings: Transform panel is displayed. You can then use the Tool Settings: Transform panel's Paste Combine Mode options to control the way in which the relief is pasted into the model.

As demonstrated by the screencast in my previous reply, you are not limited to creating reliefs from image files in ArtCAM Express 2015 R2; the only limitation is that you cannot create reliefs from vector artwork or bitmap colours.

You can only select the Reliefs > Import menu option after you've created a new model or opened an ArtCAM Model file (*.art). You would usually specify the model dimensions when creating it.

A relief shown in blue indicates that it is floating. This relief does not become part of your model until you click the Tool Settings: Transform panel's Paste button.

I recommend that you take the time to complete some of the tutorials included in ArtCAM Express 2015 R2 and watch the demonstration videos for ArtCAM Express on our YouTube channel. I also recommend that you select the Help > Contents menu option in ArtCAM Express 2015 R2 and read through the displayed Reference Help.

With the floating relief selected, press the F9 key on your keyboard to centre the floating relief in the model area. Afterwards, right-click the floating relief, then select the Fit to model context menu option.

When I tried again today, after I loaded my toolpath in Mach3, and regenerated, it first showed 0 coordinates, but quickly changed DROs to over 300 inches, and it would not jog at all. I had homed machine on startup, and jogged over to set z zero, no problems.

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I would make the grayscale image using your profile and a 2D painting program or image editor. The displacement is controlled by the transitions of black to white so a black fill of your silhouette followed by inverting the selection, feathering it and finally deleting the outer edge should give you a soft form.

This example was made in two phases, the first phase has _FabricStiffness parameter set to 0.5 and all boundary control points have rpSetClothParticleWeights set to zero (not move). Then rpBake. Then the second phase _FabricStiffness parameter set to 0.1 and the ring + boundary control points selected (I used _SelBoundary command in both cases) with rpSetClothParticleWeights set to zero. Important! Scale up your mesh surface because it tends not to simulate properly on the small scale (this example has a diameter of approx 900cm). Good luck!

Delcam is a CAD/CAM software company originally founded in the UK in 1977. It has since been acquired by Autodesk. Delcam is best known for its CAM software, but also makes software for jewelers, orthotic insoles, tracking remote orders, footwear and more.

Upon downloading the demo, you may open either the full Delcam ArtCAM Insignia or the ArtCAM Express program. Both programs had comparable features upon first glance. Both programs open to a series of tutorials for producing or editing familiar and unfamiliar products (face relief, pattern and village inn, for example). Each of the tutorials includes a video and PDF with step-by-step instructions. Following the Face Wizard tool should transform a 2D image into a 3D model.

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