Relief Editing

Now that we know how to create reliefs in ArtCAM Premium, we will not take a glance at editing our reliefs in ArtCAM.

Note: All files can be found at the bottom of each lesson. Feel free to save the files to your own directory.

• Open Model - stone_pattern.png
  • Width = 12”

• Select the stone_pattern Bitmap Layers in the Project Tree

• Create Relief Layer (from bitmap layers)
  • New Height = 0.15”

• Smooth Relief - 20%

Next you are ready to save your new texture by into your clipart folder

• Open Relief Clipart Library
  
  • Chose to view the Custom Reliefs clipart folder
  • Using your left mouse button select in your project tree, stone pattern Relief Layer you have just created
  • And drag into the Relief Clipart Library

• Open Relief Layer Badge.art

• Expand Front Relief Layers and Hide All

• Show each Relief Layer separately

• Turn on each Relief Layer, showing how it embosses the other reliefs

• Toggle on Base layer and Hide Flower3 Relief Layer

• Activate ArtCAM then create a New Relief Layer , renamed Symbol

• Open Paste Relief From A File - MedicalSymbol.rlf
  • If model selected from training Data files, no changes required, if opened from Relief Clipart, will need to move and re-size it.
  • Paste

• New Relief Layer and rename to Banner

• Relief Clipart Library
  • Banners - Banner1

• Transform - F9, Scale of 50% all linked
  • Alt drag down
  • More Options page
  • Height = 0.1” , Paste

• Banner Relief Combine mode = Merge High

• Open Grape-Vine.art

• Toggle Vector Visibility on

• Vector Layer = Leaf and Construction

• Relief Layer = 3D Leaf

• Extrude
  • Drive Curve = diagonal line – use as a centreline
  • Cross Section = bottom curved profile – invert curve in Z
  • Z Modulation = 2nd from bottom curve
  • Apply, Cancel

• Select leaf vector - Zero Outside Vector

• Shape Editor – Select leaf vector
  • Add (Round -5º, Start Height=1mm (.05”)
  • Apply

• Select leaf veins

• Add (Round -25º, Start Height =-0.5 mm (-0.02”))

• Apply, Cancel

• Vector Layer = Vines

• Relief Layer = 3D Vine

• Shape Editor – Merge and Apply each vine

• Sculpting – smooth crease where branches meet main vine
  • Smooth, Mask Material Safety Plane 0.25 mm (0.01”)

• Vector Layer = Grapes

• Relief Layer = 3D Grapes

• Shape Editor – Merge and Apply each set of grapes

• New Model
  • 300mm (12”) x 300mm (12”)
  • Res 2500 x 2500

• Relief Clipart - Eagle Head & Body - F9 & Paste

• Drag & drop in clipart Foot
  • Width = 40mm (1.5”) (lock x & y)
  • Rotate 10° anti-clockwise
  • Unlink Z Range = 2mm (0.08”)

• Mirror foot – across model

• Rotated right foot (mirrored) 15° anti-clockwise

• Paste feet

• Drag & drop in clipart Wing Top - rotate 10° clockwise

• Polyline (Smooth) through centre of Wing Top

• Drag & drop in clipart Feather3
  • Width = 15mm (0.625”)
  • Z Range = 2mm (0.08”)

• Paste Along a Curve - Feather & select Polyline = 25 copies

• Move feathers down , ungroup

• Transform 2 end feathers
  • Rotate each clockwise (rotation at top)

• Move & rotate mid feathers

• Group feathers

• Transform feathers - Ctrl & resize Width = 350mm (13.75”)

• Move copied feathers 1/3 down& aligned on left
  • Z Range = 1mm (0.04”)

• Ungroup bottom feathers

• Move 4 right end feathers over left foot
  • Rotate 20° clockwise
  • Rotate end feather anti-clockwise a little§
  • Z Range for all 4 = 0.7mm (0.03”)

• Mirror clipart – across model

• Copy and fill in tail feathers

• Cookie cutter - free up body

• Resize all to fit

• Paste down relief

• Delete vectors

Now we will perform our first distortion by distorting the entire eagle.

• Cookie cutter – entire relief

• Envelope Distortion
  • Move both top control points vertically up
  • Move bottom left and right nodes inwards

• Centre and paste down

• Undo all until whole eagle was free before distortion
  • Or (Eagle Before Distortion.rlf clipart )

• Centre and paste down

Now let's distort the eagle's wings

• Polyline around right wing

• Cookie cutter – wing

• Delete vector

• Envelope Distortion
  • Move right control point angled up 45°
  • Move bottom right node inwards till control points touch
  • Move top right node down & over to right
  • Move top left control point upwards

• Polyline around left wing

• Cookie cutter left wing and delete

• Mirror right wing - across model

• Select both wings and paste down