Brad Castle
Articles
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3D Design: Resolution
Carveco Tutorial: Resolution Resolution plays a key role when working with reliefs in Carveco Maker and Maker Plus. It affects both the quality of your models and the results you see du...
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3D Design: Envelope Distortion
Carveco Tutorial: Envelope Distortion Tool The Envelope Distortion Tool in Carveco Maker Plus allows you to manipulate floating reliefs (blue reliefs) by stretching, squeezing, or curving...
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3D Design: Fade Relief
Carveco Tutorial: Fade Relief Tool The Fade Relief Tool allows you to gradually fade a relief's height across a defined direction or boundary. This is useful when blending two reliefs, a...
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3D Design: Dynamic Rotary Relief Modelling
Carveco Maker Plus Tutorial: Rotary Relief Modeling In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to model and machine 3D reliefs on a rotary axis in Carveco Maker Plus. We'll use a rotary setup to...
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2D Design: Magic Wand
Magic Wand Tool The Magic Wand Tool is a lesser-known but powerful feature in Carveco Maker. It combines functionality from both the Bitmap-to-Vector and Relief Boundary tools to create...
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2D Design: Flood Fill
Flood Fill Tools In this tutorial, we’ll explore the Flood Fill tools in Carveco Maker, which allow you to colour specific areas of your bitmap or vectors. These tools are found under...
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2D Design: Colour Palette
Carveco Tutorial: Using the Colour Palette In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to use the Colour Palette in Carveco Maker, especially when working with bitmap images. The palette helps y...
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2D Design: Tracing Images
Carveco Maker: Tracing Around Images In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to trace around images using the Bitmap to Vector tool in Carveco Maker — including best practices, common ...
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2D Design: Importing Images
Carveco Maker: Importing Images In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the different ways you can import images into Carveco Maker. Whether you’re tracing artwork or working with reference...
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Toolpaths and Machining: Drilling
Carveco Tutorial: Drilling Toolpath The Drilling Toolpath is designed for creating clean and precise holes based on circular vectors. This toolpath is ideal for alignment holes, fixtures...