PHOTOS

[smokey_44]

I know that you have talked alot about bmp files and so on (photos) and wanted to know if there is a "good"way to bring in a photo to mastercam for tracing , or a raster to vector converter that doesn't suck the bag. I want to bring in a very detailed picture not just a logo or something like that. I have tried alot of different raster to vector programs and most don't do a good job at all.

 

 

Dave

[Müřlıń®]

I went to this Manufacturing Engineers seminar

once and they had someone come and show off this new sculpting software.

 

You could do some pretty amazing stuff with it.

 

The program could scan a B&W picture of a rose, and by using the diffrent shades of grey,it would build a 3-d surface model that you could machine.

 

Srry I forgot the name of the program.

 

I dont know if they sell just the translator but she told us that people sent her pictures to scan and she would send them back the geometry.

 

Murlin

[Jayson Kramer]

Murlin, MC is coming out with the same option.

I just received the proto type to play with yeasterday..

 

So down the road there will be more options.

I have no idea of any release at this time. but I would say not to far.

[Hardmill]

Saw something just like that in Vegas a few

weeks ago. They were burning 3d images into

crystal cubes from photos inside NY/NY.

I think I need to go back

Can anyone say " Business trip"

 

PEACE

[bryan314]

Hey, how do you guys keep getting all these cool new thing to play with?

 

Bryan

[crazy^millman]

Well when I was in Florida it was passed on to me by that a comapny making those crystal was using Mastercam to do it. So if they are I would give old Mastercam a call and see how they can help you. I seen them takign the Pictures for them at DisneyLand yesterday using a 3-D digizter. From what I understand and if someone knows better please correct me. But they do like a point cloud repsentaion of the model like an STL then they take a laser and shoot points in the crystal at different x,y,z to create the effect fo the person or object. I think it is pretty cool and keep thinking of a way to do a face in acrlyic.

 

Crazy Millman

[Müřlıń®]

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they take a laser and shoot points in the crystal at different x,y,z

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So now they are making time based algorythms?

 

I am unfimiliar with how a laser operates, but wouldn't you have to dwell longer for diffrent z depts?

 

Murlin

[Andris Skulte]

The usual method (as far as I know) is to have two beams. Where they cross is where the plastic changes from clear to opaque. I'd be interested in a better raster to vector conversion as well. Right now, I'm doing the good ole ->triple image size by pixels and clean up in photoshop by raising contrast, then magic lasso to delete the background -> open in Adobe Streamline and convert to DXF -> open in Mastercam and make splines where they became jagged in the conversion, and then trim it all...

 

Andris

 

PS - Spent this weekend in Wisconsin at Road America. Thats a great track in some beautiful countryside! Next weekend is the Denver street course, and I'll try to get a little mountainbiking in on Monday

[Scott Bond]

Hi Dave If your still lookig for an answer, try this old thread,It has the word nose wheelie in it,, Search for "nose wheelie",It looks like this

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Author Topic: isnt passible to draw with a bitmap background????

engo

New Member

Member # 1260

 

posted 12-02-2001 02:03 PM

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isnt passible to draw with a bitmap background please i do anothers programs but mastercam not use that and i want to put bitmap on mastercam do u help me??? thankss

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[ 08-26-2003, 10:38 AM: Message edited by: Scott Bond ]

[sir Camalot]

Hi Dave,

If you haven't tried these,

Trix

R2V

Ideal

?

TYPE3

 

they might give you a better idea of what is available. Some of these offer free demos and range in price from affordable to out of the ballpark. I like Type3 because of the many tools that are available, but the cost is steep. This also has a grey scale that works like magic. The R2V is really sweet too as far as not having so much cleanup after the conversion, though I don't remember the cost.