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Dragoarms

Carving 3d Topography - newbie questions!

I recently built myself a 1x1m CNC based on the OozNest Workbee v3 - I have quite a lot of experience with 3d model manipulation and i have some high fidelity LiDAR scans of some of my work areas (large hilly landscapes).

I want to follow in the footsteps of those who have cut 3d topography but am finding that i will probably have to 'batch' the job as the detail is too great to handle happily on my computer (I have reduced the complexity of the model as much as possible without losing too much detail but it's still much more than feasible)

I was wondering if it is possible to set up a workpiece securely - zero a common point and then 'tile' the cuts so that i can run the carving in multiple jobs? or is it likely to have a patchwork appearance if i do that? I am also imagining i'd have to tile roughing cuts first then tile finishing passes after...

I'm using Fusion360, Blender, Leapfrog Geo, ArcPro, and IO Sender for more context - any recommendations for other software to use?

Posted Mar 8, 2025, 12:43 PM UTC

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