hello all,
Project: 3d sign
End Mills: 1/4" Find Detail Ball
1/8" Ultra Find Detail Ball
Stock 3/4" Thickness
id like to see the 3d cut as close to the top of the stock as possible but it appears it takes away nearly half of the stock before cutting the desired logo…
any tips on why this is… I left all settings at 0.0000 and nothing changes even if I change the perimeters it still seems to take half of the stock away before cutting the desired logo…
v/r
You need to build the 3D components so the highest point is at the top of stock.
How are you importing the 3D? (STL, Image heightmap, building from vectors)
What then is the depth you want for that pocket? i.e. the bottom of the 3D model?
stock 0.75
even if I set the height to 0.75 it still shows half of the stock gone
only want to remove 0.0625 from the pocket before the logo is cut…
What format is the model?
You want 0.0625 above the model, but how tall do you want the model? How deep should the pocket around the model be?
scroll up… only want to remove 0.0625 from the pocket the begin cutting the logo…
s2s draft.c2d (2.3 MB)
here ya go, design imported as svg,
id like for the logo to sit proud at 0.0700 to the top of the logo,
The design is modeled to be this thick:
If we model a shape to the specified thickness:
we get:
which is why so much material is removed.
The design looks to have been modeled at the default 3mm thickness.
Export as a PNG:
and then re-import (we will use v8):
which imports as:
and when the toolpaths quit calculating previews as:
s2s_v8.c2d (1.5 MB)
Note that the base is commensurately thicker due to scaling everything up along Z.
thank you very much ill take a look at this , I really appreciate your help…
You have your workpiece height set to 1.5"
The model components look to be 0.750 and 0.150, for a total height of 0.900
So it’s appearing 0.600 below the top of the stock.
If your stock is 0.750", Then you want the flat component 0.6175", and the STL imported at 0.070" on top of that. Leaving 0.0625 above the logo.
its scrap lumber I am practicing on before cutting good stock.
so maybe I need to convert my image to a .stl vs using a svg correct…
What give you that idea?
What would that accomplish?
If your intended stock is 0.75" thick with the origin set at Top of Stock, and you are testing the cut in stock which is 1.5" thick, then you can leave the Stock Thickness in Job Setup at 0.75" and set the the origin at the top of the stock, and make the test cut, then if desired you can face off that material, reset the Z-axis zero, and run another test, repeating until you get the thickness of the test stock down to 0.75" at which point one can run one final test with the original settings.
No, you just needed to tell us that you were building the model from the vectors.
If your stock is 0.750", Then you want the flat component 0.6175", and the Logo Component at 0.070" on top of that. Leaving 0.0625 above the logo.
Build the Logo Component Round, 90°, Scale Height: 0.070, Add. Set the workpiece height to 0.750"
