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10-11-2014, 07:32 AM #11
Okay you're going to love thisd if you haven't already tried it.
The add-in option has a thing called 'convert image to 3d'.
And it does !
You have to save your picture - anything from a photo to a simple shape in a png or bmp file. jpg/jpeg does not currently work. But any photo program from paint on up will save in png format.
It then converts to a 3d stl file and re-imports the file for tweaking. Play with the z xis scaling to get it the height you want and print. Currently trying a koala head (windows sample pics) at 1mm height and 0.2 layer.
Looked good in the preview.
And this works with ANY picture.
I'll be making dog head coasters later :-)
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