AI depth maps 3D carving

I’m not big on AI but this blew me away

This is new far them and I just rescued a project I’ve been unable to do for years.

They go on eiter side of a mantel clock. I had a picture of one and could never get it modeled.

It took about 20 min and 50 cents of tokens to generate this and I am going to cut them tomarrow.the clock is a little over 100 year old and belonged to my great grandparents.

The things we can do with the new software is truly marvelous.

I’ve been a Vectric user for a few years and it fits in with vcarve and aspire but is separate and 20 bucks for 200 credits so :person_shrugging: I gave it a shot I am impressed. It also filled a gap in my design skills. Any one else using anything similar?

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Very nice!

I like the idea of restoring a 100 years old piece of hardware using AI, there’s a kind of poetry to this.

Maybe a dedicated software dedicated to “tracing” would’ve done the same, but as you said, AI will let you do that without any specific software skill

As for other usages, I recently used ai to find the best sheet number and arrangement to fit m’y model, and it worked great : Cat hut for winter - #12 by Fabien

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I tried inkscape and the vcarve trace also coral draw but it would not do the stipulated patterns in the voids or the rounded swirled areas. They gave svg detailed but not 3D rendering. The original was done with molds and steam pressing to give a true 3D. I could not get this from GIMP or other freeware.

This and probably other AI did it in seconds very humbling

I love the cat hut :hut: :house: :heart_eyes:

If you haven’t got vectric you can also do this with tools like https://www.sculptok.com/

It can create depth maps for lasering but also 3d models from images. You only get so many credits per day on a free account but for infrequent use it is fine.

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Not bad for first attempt now to get it to look closer to the case in color. No sanding yet I’m sure that will help a lot also

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Another addition

First attempt it is paper on a masonite disk.

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Sanded and getting ready for household ammonia fuming.

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Well I started the fuming just now 10 pm my time 5 degrees F. Very cold

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Bah, I just BBQ’d dinner east of you at -4F. Didn’t even consider a jacket. What are you going to do when fall is over?

Nice work though. :slight_smile:

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I just found my sweater getting ready for February. It’s supposedly going to be 20 F or so today and rain on Thursday typical :roll_eyes:

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