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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sign done in relief (background routed out leaving the letters).
« on: June 15, 2009, 06:04:05 PM »
To do this draw your different areas on seperate layers, you cam program should import these layers.
You then select the required layer and do the machining operation on that layer.
Or if I was wanting to have teh text lower than the border and then a relief around the text i'd do the following using sheetcam
In sheetcam I can copy the selected path to another layer so I would draw the text and the inside and outside of the border in corel all on one layer, then in sheetcam I would keep the text and inner border on one layer (text) and the outside on another new layer (outside cut)
Then copy the inner border to another new layer (inner border)
Machine inner border layer to required depth
Machine text layer to final depth
Cut out using outside cut layer
You can do the layers in corel before export if you want but the end result will be the same.
What CAM program are you using?
Steve
You then select the required layer and do the machining operation on that layer.
Or if I was wanting to have teh text lower than the border and then a relief around the text i'd do the following using sheetcam
In sheetcam I can copy the selected path to another layer so I would draw the text and the inside and outside of the border in corel all on one layer, then in sheetcam I would keep the text and inner border on one layer (text) and the outside on another new layer (outside cut)
Then copy the inner border to another new layer (inner border)
Machine inner border layer to required depth
Machine text layer to final depth
Cut out using outside cut layer
You can do the layers in corel before export if you want but the end result will be the same.
What CAM program are you using?
Steve