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Engraving a picture on a machined part

Engraving a picture on a machined part

Engraving a picture on a machined part

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How do you take a 2D sketch, like an imported dxf picture or dxf logo, and engrave it onto a part?  The part will then be read by mastercam for machining on a mill.  I know how to extrude a cut to a surface using a closed contour sketch, but what if the dxf picture is made with many lines, not closed contours.  Mastercam understands the 2d dxf, but how do I get a 2d dxf picture to be a part of my solidworks model which then can be imported into mastercam for applying toolpaths?

RE: Engraving a picture on a machined part

As far as I know, you'll first have to fix the sketch so it's contours are closed.
What exactly is this?
A picture or a logo?

RE: Engraving a picture on a machined part

I am assuming that your 2D dxf contains many open contours.  You can only extrude a single open contour to create a cut feature, so you probably don't want to it that way.  Why don't you just leave the dxf entities in a sketch, create a drawing, show the sketch and save out as dxf?  The sketch entities get saved and can be used in MasterCAM and the sketch can be shown in the drawing.  

RE: Engraving a picture on a machined part

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I want to project the dxf picture onto a domed surface.  Can I get mastercam to recognize the domed surface with the sketch projected onto it by using a dxf file?

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