ARTISTIC 3D DESIGN TOOLS
Carveco™ software’s 3D design tools are unique in both their power and ease-of-use. A wide variety of intuitive tools enable you to quickly craft beautifully detailed 3D pieces using flexible starting points. Intricate 3D designs can be created from scratch, built from pre-drawn vector artwork or assembled from imported triangle or surface models.
3D DESIGN: TOOLS & FEATURES
3D RELIEF LAYERS
Interactive relief layers enable you to structure your design and control how different 3D elements interact with one another.
IMPORT OPTIONS
Import a range of 2D and 3D file types including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, EPS, AI, DXF, DWG, STL, OBJ, IGES, 3DM and more.
COMPOSITE RELIEF
Save composite reliefs or add them to your own 3D clipart library for easy re-use in other designs and projects.
RELIEF EMBOSSING
Emboss reliefs onto 3D models or transform into an embossed
low-relief with additional perspective controls.
ORGANIC SCULPTING
Carveco’s Sculpting tools enable you to easily build and blend areas of your artwork to give it a hand-crafted look and feel.
CREATING TEXTURES
Generate geometric patterns and organic textures directly from your artwork or from the geometry of the cutting tool itself.
TEXTURE FLOW
Carveco’s Texture Flow tool sweeps textures along or around a vector to create fully-controllable, organic and natural effects.
WEAVE TOOL
Use overlapping vector patterns to automatically create a weaved relief, where intersecting vectors pass over or under each other.
3D FACE PROFILES
Using an imported photo, easily create a 3D face profile to add to your designs.
FADE RELIEF
Dynamically fade the height of your relief artwork across a linear plane, radial plane or between boundaries.
SMOOTH RELIEF
Perform global smoothing passes to relief layers in order to clean up low-quality imported models and shapes.
VECTOR SHADOW
Create shadow projections on your reliefs to give the illusion of 3D within 2D designs.
LATENT IMAGE
Produce a 3D design that changes when viewed from different angles.
ANGLED PLANE
Use interactive drag-handles to dynamically adjust the plane of a relief in real-time.
SCALE RELIEF
Dynamically scale Z heights of your entire relief, or specific vector-defined areas of your artwork, all while preserving surface detail.
EXTRUDE, SPIN & TURN
Use dynamically controlled drive-rails to create unique spun shapes with Z-level modulation.
Machine it right,
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