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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) => Topic started by: RHM963 on September 26, 2016, 06:55:46 PM

Title: Plasma cut portraits
Post by: RHM963 on September 26, 2016, 06:55:46 PM

DIY plasma table
Corel Draw
Sheetcam
Mach3

Title: Re: Plasma cut portraits
Post by: Wallerawang on September 26, 2016, 07:06:36 PM

Great Work  ;D

Title: Re: Plasma cut portraits
Post by: RHM963 on September 26, 2016, 07:08:30 PM

Thank you! Portraits are my favorites. There are more examples on my website. I make a lot of dog metal art from images of customers' pets.

http://robinhillmachine.com

Title: Re: Plasma cut portraits
Post by: N4NV on September 27, 2016, 09:45:18 AM

What software do you run the picture through to get the Gcode?

Vince

Title: Re: Plasma cut portraits
Post by: RHM963 on September 27, 2016, 10:08:55 AM

The customer sends me a picture and using Corel Draw I make the DXF file. I use the bezier tool for that.

Then the DXF is imported into SheetCam. SheetCam makes the TAP file (g-code).

Then open the TAP file in Mach3 and the table cuts it out.

So there is no magic program that turns a photograph into g-code. It's graphic design with Corel and SheetCam.

Title: Re: Plasma cut portraits
Post by: N4NV on September 27, 2016, 10:10:36 AM

Thanks for the explanation.

Vince