Facial Carving anyone?

[cwshop]

I have a friend that has a 3D didital Camera that can convert to a dxf file. He was asking me if I could carve it on my ShopBot. Though I use my machine for basic cabinetry and lettered a few signs. I have never 3D carved. I have seen others on this forum doing a very nice job of this. If anyone is interested in helping him and me understand what it takes to get the 3D dxf to a finished carved product. That would be much appreciated. If interested I can e-mail you a copy of the dxf file he sent me. It is to big to attach to this message.

Thanks TFix

[sailfl]

Look at Vectrics Carve3D. It should do what you want to do.

[jamesb]

I think the Software Nils T is referring to is actually called "Cut3D" (Carve3D is my business name). You can download a trial from here - http://www.vectric.com so you can use this to test your file.

You might also look at PartWorks3D from ShopBot which is essentially the same software re-labeled.

[kfitz]

TFix,
I'd be interested in knowing what kind of camera he's got.