karossii
09-09-2016, 06:27 PM
I have a customer for whom I've made a few smaller signs, and one larger sign...who now wants a new, even larger sign. It is fairly simple; mostly letters and a bell shape, which she wants all standing proud from the wood - plus a 3/4 or 1" border around the sign standing proud from the wood. And the overall size is 30" by 38".
I was debating just cutting the letters and bell shape, and then the border shapes, and gluing it all to several glued-up boards, or even a plywood back, and then cutting the backing out around the sign's shape.
I was debating buying and trying to use the DXF importer to assign the cut paths.
But then I thought of using it, if I can, to assign carve regions and just carving the boards instead of trying to glue everything in the right place.
Does that sound like something the DXF importer would work well for? (Or, would it work at all for this?)
How could I have it carve everything except the portions I want standing proud?
I was debating just cutting the letters and bell shape, and then the border shapes, and gluing it all to several glued-up boards, or even a plywood back, and then cutting the backing out around the sign's shape.
I was debating buying and trying to use the DXF importer to assign the cut paths.
But then I thought of using it, if I can, to assign carve regions and just carving the boards instead of trying to glue everything in the right place.
Does that sound like something the DXF importer would work well for? (Or, would it work at all for this?)
How could I have it carve everything except the portions I want standing proud?