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myxpykalix
09-25-2010, 10:17 PM
take a look at the first pic. It is a watchtower 48" X 11 X2.75"
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I am on my finishing pass and what im noticing is my "grout lines" between the bricks on the horizontals is not very deep and the lines for the verticals aren't there. You can hardly see them. The finishing pass is using a .25 ballnose.

How can I accent the grout lines to be deeper? Because it is on a rounded surface i don't think i can use a vbit.

How would i draw vectors to do a vcarve toolpath that would follow the contour of the wood?

I need an answer other then "just paint them on" because my hands are not steady enough to do that.:eek:

srwtlc
09-26-2010, 01:25 AM
Smaller ballnose instead of 0.25.

Toolpath just the grout lines using a smaller ballnose and project toolpath onto model.

Dremel tool.

Just thinking and typing. ;)

myxpykalix
09-26-2010, 02:34 AM
SOMETIMES i OVERTHINK SOME THINGS AND THE ANSWER MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE BOT.(cap lock..ugg) Dreml tool may just be the answer! Now if i can figure out a way to hold it steady we'll be in business.

adrianm
09-26-2010, 03:27 AM
Does ArtCam have the ability to project a 2D toolpath onto a 3D surface in the same way as Aspire?

That would be the simplest way of doing that.