How to smooth after etching?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

We discussed creating designs from publicly available sources at:

Creating designs from elements

If one has a design idea one wants to make, usually it can be shown / mocked up as a pixel image, and put together using some basic elements. For example: [image2] All one should need for that is a portion of a U.S. flag, and the Marine Corps seal — fortunately, both are easily sourced on Wikimedia Commons: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg

and of course one can use Image Tracing:

Carbide Create - Image Tracing

We just posted CC 520 to: https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/download/ 520 includes a big new feature for us, Image Tracing. [image] You should be able to load a JPG or PNG and get a reasonable set of curves from it very quickly. A few caveats: Right now, it’s mono only so color images will be converted to black and white using the thresholds in the window. We’re not optimizing for very small images so some will work well, others won’t. We’d recommend images larger than 500px on a side …

and we’ve done a couple of Navy designs here already:

USN Masterdiver:

Need help creating / editing a picture

Here. You’ll need to select the balance of the parts and assign toolpaths to them: USN_masterdiver.zip (407.4 KB)

Nvy logo svg file

Does anybody have a United Sates Navy logo that they have used to cut? I have downloaded 3 files off the internet and tried to set it up for a vcarve, and every file wants it to cut around the letters and the rope edge, etc., instead of vcarving the actual letters, rope, eagle, etc. Either I am really tired and I’m not doing something simple I’ve done on everything else, or I can’r find the right file. Any help would be appreciated. I’m trying to cut this on a piece of pine for a friend that is …

Drew up a rough version of the U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Insignia

Unfortunately didn’t properly work in Carbide Create at the time of its first posting, but seems to work well in the CC400 branch and later, and folks using other apps may find it of use — if anyone knows of a better original, I’d be glad to re-draw it again: [image]