My dad, who is very close to pulling the trigger on a machine, asked if I could help design a plaque based on a religious/inspirational message "a bridge of love". (the idea being that the crucifixion was a bridge of love) At any rate, I had fun doing a webinar for my Dad tonight-- showing him how to design from start to finish... from getting the 3d files from sketchup, to transferring them to collada files and then to stl files and then making them into patterns... I then helped design the following which uses just about everything... centerline and conforming vectors, 3d carving, cut outs, and router bit accents on the edges. I thought some of you might enjoy the pattern as well, so here it is.
Lawrence