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    willeykj
    last edited by 27 Feb 2023, 15:57

    I'm starting to do some 3d carving with my CNC and I'm doing my designs in Sketchup. I need to create depth map greyscale images for import into the CNC software. Is there a simple way to get a depth map out of sketchup?

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 27 Feb 2023, 18:50

      You could project a bitmap of a gradient 'through' the mesh...

      https://i.imgur.com/fK47s8S.png

      Then export an orthographic view as needed.

      https://i.imgur.com/XRfRYti.png

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp

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