[Forrest C]

I know there are some software's available to machine patterns such as the one I'm posted, but which one is the easiest to use or has the best tools for the job?

Forrest

[awerby]

I've never heard of a software package specifically designed to create patterns like that, but they wouldn't be too hard to create in a general-purpose 3D modeling program like Rhino3D. You'd create the lines first, and then loft surfaces between them. Then you'd use a CAM program like RhinoCAM to generate the toolpaths that would plan out how a tool, stepping over a certain amount each time, would move along those surfaces, and produce the G-code specific to your CNC machine which would move the axes as a ball-end tool in the spindle carved it out.

[Forrest C]

Thanks Awerby, some of the patterns are just straight lines undulating in the Z axis with a large ballnose. Others have to be surfaced with a smaller BN to get a more complex pattern. I'm in the middle of trying to get what I want in Solidworks. There are some programs like Vectric and ArtCam that can do the more simple textures but I wasn't sure just how much they are capable of.

Forrest

[ger21]

Download the demos and try them yourself.

I'm not aware of any software that can automatically create textures like the ones you showed.

[jrmach]

BoBART

Al made a video once.
Might search his video's https://www.youtube.com/user/Depoalo...view=0&sort=dd or even a BoB forum search

[jrmach]

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/bobcad...all-panel.html
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/bobcad...013-posts.html

[sitio]

Thanks for the link. has been bookmarked.