Once the student has mastered the digital tools for 2D machining, he usually wants to acquire skills for 3D machining. 3D machining means that the 3 axes are simultaneously in motion, which allows the milling of sculptures, complex profiles, molds and even pieces of chessboard. This course will give you the fundamental knowledge on the modeling and machining of 3D reliefs in various types of materials. Depending on the student’s wishes, 3D models can be created more easily either by Photoshop programs, by finding them on the Internet or by hand-drawing and transformed by a powerful algorithm in machine code . Whatever the procedure, the transformation into the machining code is always the same.

Introduction to scanning an object or a 3D profile, learning the use of a specific machining code generator, machining using the Mach3 program

o What are the existing programs and what are the differences

o What are the tools to create complex 3-D profiles

o Using BMP2CNC, Vectric Cut 3D

o Choice of the right tools (according to material and profiles criteria)

o Relief sculpture

o Create a mold

o Practical example: 3D sculpture

o Conclusion and continuation