This software is neat. Hopefully, I'll get the hang of it and make some cool stuff.
I just used a picture of one of our cats laying in a window sill. The "clouds" in the background are just window film because it's a bathroom window and we are modest folks not interested in showing off to the neighbors.
The detail is amazing when held up to the light. I should have started with a better photo with more light and dark contrast but this turned out pretty neat.
Material is .150" thick polycarbonate about 8" x 6". I roughed it with a 1/8" ball endmill and finished with a 3/64" ball endmill. My clamping method was inadequate as you can see along the left edge where the material lifted up during the roughing pass. It was done on one of my Dyna VMCs at 7500rpm with the rough pass at 50ipm and the finish pass at 200ipm. Finish took about 5 hours.
I'm sorry, I don't know how to add the thumbnails, so I can only provide links.
Original image:
http://mc-machine.com/mcm_gallery/al...1280.sized.jpg
As cut piece:
http://mc-machine.com/mcm_gallery/al...alv6.sized.jpg
Backlit:
http://mc-machine.com/mcm_gallery/al...alv4.sized.jpg