How to deboss an image on a surface?
How to deboss an image on a surface?
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Hi,
I don't know how to deboss an image (.jpg or .pdf file) on a surface in sw05. Please, help.
Thanks.
I don't know how to deboss an image (.jpg or .pdf file) on a surface in sw05. Please, help.
Thanks.






RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
You can emboss a sketch on a surface though.
Rrgards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
But there should be a way... How do you emboss a company logo on a surface? do you create it from the scratch in SolidWorks?
Thanks.
RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
Chris
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
The free version takes a bit more work, but is quite useable.
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
ArtCAM Pro is another option (Delcam Product used for detailed embossing and jewellery design).
I usually trace around an image I insert into a sketch (previously mentioned).
RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
As Scott stated, logos can be created with a sketch. If it is fairly simple to mildly complex, importing the image & tracing over may be the best way to go. If it is complex to very complex, some kind of bitmap to vector tracing programme would be helpful. It also depends on your skill level, patience and the quality required.
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
Also, AutoCAD has a decent raster-vector tool.
If you can, go to the graphics design department that controls the logo. If the artwork is in adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw, it can be exported to DXF. Make sure only curve entities are exported, or SW may not accept the DXF entities.
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
I always trace logos, myself, since bitmaps are often scans or photos or other degraded images--in tracing, I can correct aberrations and form a crisp, clean logo. Almost every time, the text (if any) must be recreated with splines/segments instead of any sort of text.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
If your wondering about real Real Bitmap engraving or 'bass relief', it converts your image into polygons based on the 8, 16, or 24 bit pixel values and gradients in the image. You can then use these polygons in boolean ops in combination with your surface, which must be a polygon file as well. Solidworks is not ideal for this, seeing as it is a parametric modeler and not a polygon modeler.
Doing this with a five axis cnc router it comes down more to positioning the engraving in relation to the surface you want to engrave, and then staying normal to the surface, while developing your toolpath based on the polygon engraving surface with position correctly in or G54 reference sysstem. Much easier than combining the two. You'll need a CAM package that can use polygons
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RE: How to deboss an image on a surface?
Thank you all for your inputs, it helped a lot.