Hi yall!
I have a question in regards to the CNC.
So far I have only used it to cut out flat vectors that ive created in illustrator. I am being tasked with milling out a half sphere as it is show in the image below. Does anyone know how i would go about this? Do I have to use blender to draw a circle and then extrude half way, then somehow input that into vetric as a 3d shape?
Thanks for the help!
I would look at designing in Fusion and do the cam in the same program. There are a few members who use fusion who I assume would give a helping hand.
The image didn’t attach, but I think the limiting factor will be the z-height of the CNC, and the length of the bits you have access to. Is it a true hemisphere, or is it flattened? What is the diameter?
I second Joe’s recommendation to do the CAD and CAM in one program, Fusion would be good for this.
Thank you guys so much for that response! Wait, let me try the image upload again so you can see what I am trying to do. I am unsure if i really need to get on fusion for this project, but you guys know a bit more about this. @JoeN @ewei
You’re right—think this could all be done in vcarve with the create shape tool and a ball nose endmill. https://youtu.be/V7UbccVNPSs?si=zdH24uvXtISbTv4D
Interesting, thank you! Ill have to try this out!
For simple 3d like this I prefer carveco maker. Their release that is coming out this weekend has integrated text/image to relief via ai which will be a game changer for things like this.
