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    • jason_marantoJ Offline
      jason_maranto
      last edited by

      3DCoat or ZBrush would be good choices for this type of thing if you want to create your own -- although if you are rendering you can simulate the "relief" results fairly well with a normal map, which means SketchUp could a be a perfectly suitable platform to model the base coin.

      Best,
      Jason.

      I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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        Hussel Hann
        last edited by

        @jason_maranto said:

        3DCoat or ZBrush would be good choices for this type of thing if you want to create your own -- although if you are rendering you can simulate the "relief" results fairly well with a normal map, which means SketchUp could a be a perfectly suitable platform to model the base coin.

        Best,
        Jason.

        Thanks Jason..

        very much understand now.
        thanks a lot bro

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          johnsenior1973
          last edited by

          Don't know how much it costs, probably in the thousands, but Delcam Artcam is geared towards this type of thing.

          http://www.artcampro.com/index.php/about-artcam

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            johnsenior1973
            last edited by

            There's a list of this type of program. It says Artcam Pro costs $7,500.

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            (shopbottools.com)

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              Hussel Hann
              last edited by

              @johnsenior1973 said:

              There's a list of this type of program. It says Artcam Pro costs $7,500.

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              (shopbottools.com)

              thanks john...
              artcam pro is an amazing software that suits the application in my query, but it is too pricey... 😒

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              • TaffGochT Offline
                TaffGoch
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                Hussel,

                I made an animated avatar, of a silver eagle, several years ago, using SketchUp.

                The obverse and reverse are merely texture images, as is the reeding on the edge. I produced 8 frames for the animation, rotating the model 45Β° for each frame.

                Animation4.gif
                For just about any coin, the relief is slight (compared to diameter,) so you should be able to generate a reasonable facsimile, using texture images alone.

                -Taff

                "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                  Hussel Hann
                  last edited by

                  @taffgoch said:

                  Hussel,

                  I made an animated avatar, of a silver eagle, several years ago, using SketchUp.

                  The obverse and reverse are merely texture images, as is the reeding on the edge. I produced 8 frames for the animation, rotating the model 45Β° for each frame.

                  [attachment=0:32vst3ys]<!-- ia0 -->Animation4.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:32vst3ys]
                  For just about any coin, the relief is slight (compared to diameter,) so you should be able to generate a reasonable facsimile, using texture images alone.

                  -Taff

                  For me that is amazing Taff, thank u so much for sharing.
                  i thought texture only works when rendering using another software, not in SU.
                  i need to explore more on that.
                  thanks bro.. πŸ‘

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                    Roger
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                    Take a look at this military challenge coin and see what you think of SketchUp's capability for your bullion project:
                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=12112&p=86071&hilit=CHALLENGE+COIN#p86071

                    http://www.azcreative.com

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                      Hussel Hann
                      last edited by

                      @roger said:

                      Take a look at this military challenge coin and see what you think of SketchUp's capability for your bullion project:
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=12112&p=86071&hilit=CHALLENGE+COIN#p86071

                      Wow!...nice coin Roger..amazing. 😲

                      1st of all, the bullion is more like my future target not a project since i am still new in SU.
                      I thought that SDS is a basic sculpting tool unlike Artisan. However, the result you've made says it all.
                      Experience + Imagination + Correct tools = Cool results πŸ˜†

                      Thank you for sharing bro..

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                      • cottyC Offline
                        cotty
                        last edited by

                        somewhat complicated, but possible...

                        • Black & white image from coin
                        • Matlab (or free clones?) to display as 3D surface
                        • Export as STL
                        • Import in SketchUp
                        • Use as real 3D relief (if you have a faster computer than me πŸ˜• ) ...

                        coin_3d.jpg

                        my SketchUp gallery

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                        • TaffGochT Offline
                          TaffGoch
                          last edited by

                          cotty,

                          Great suggestion!

                          There is a heightfield generator plugin for SketchUp, that can take a greyscale height image, and produce a relief mesh. It may be suitable for the job, comparable to that which you describe.

                          Didier Bur's heightfield gen v6

                          -Taff

                          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                            Hussel Hann
                            last edited by

                            @cotty said:

                            somewhat complicated, but possible...

                            • Black & white image from coin
                            • Matlab (or free clones?) to display as 3D surface
                            • Export as STL
                            • Import in SketchUp
                            • Use as real 3D relief (if you have a faster computer than me πŸ˜• ) ...

                            Thanks for your suggestion Cotty... πŸ‘

                            Brilliant though i am not quite understand yet.. πŸ€“

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                              Roger
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                              Hussel see the elephant sculpture on the following page: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=43928&start=15 . Just a handful of photos of your coin from multiple angles and you can create the mesh at the press of a button with "123d Catch" from AutoDesk.

                              http://www.azcreative.com

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                              • gillesG Offline
                                gilles
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                                Maybe Bitmap to mesh (Thomthom).

                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=31339#p275772

                                " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                                  Hussel Hann
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank Roger and Gilles...

                                  I will check those things out soon.
                                  Both looks very interesting but the tools from Thomtom reminds me of Artcam.
                                  It turns a 2D Image to a 3D model. I think I've seen the demo in Youtube.

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