JPW Industries AVC100 | Axiom PhotoVCarve

What is PhotoVCarving? - PhotoVCarve instantly converts photographs and images into high quality toolpaths that can be run on virtually all CNC routing and engraving machines.

JPW Industries - AVC100 - Features

• PhotoVCarve effortlessly converts your high-resolution photographs and images into detailed toolpaths, ready to be carved into a variety of materials, including wood, plastic, and metal.
• Fine-tune your carvings with unrivaled precision using the advanced editing tools. Adjust depths, angles, and toolpath parameters to achieve the perfect level of detail and realism in your carvings.
• Say goodbye to complex and lengthy programming. PhotoVCarve automatically generates efficient toolpaths, optimizing carving times
• Before committing to carving, the software provides a realistic 3D preview of your design, allowing you to visualize the end product and make any necessary adjustments for the desired outcome.
• PhotoVCarve is compatible with various CNC machines, making it a versatile choice for enthusiasts and professionals using different systems.
• Whether you're working with softwood, hardwood, plastic, or metal, PhotoVCarve caters to a wide range of materials, ensuring your projects are limited only by your imagination.
• Join a vibrant community of makers and creators, exchanging ideas, tips, and inspiration. Axiom Precision provides comprehensive technical support to ensure your experience with PhotoVCarve is nothing short of exceptional.
• What can it do?
• The ability to permanently CNC machine pictures onto jobs has been a challenge to many machine users and although there are software products that appear to offer the facility, they often fail to deliver in reality.
• PhotoVCarve is also perfect for machining 3D Lithophanes directly from photographs, that make perfect gifts, keepsakes and mementos that will last for generations.
• The opportunities PhotoVCarve offers are endless and it can be used by all CNC machine users. From the hobbyists who build their own ‘home brew’ tables to professional engravers running high cost industrial machines, the software offers something for everyone.
• 1. V-Groove Machining
• PhotoVCarve creates lines of grooves that vary in width and depth to represent the detail in a photograph or image. The quality of the finished result is very dependant upon a high level of contrast between the material surface and the machined grooves. This information is very important to remember when cutting designs using the PhotoVCarve software.
• PhotoVCarve machines dark areas in a photograph with wide groove and the lighter areas to have narrower ones. The software automatically calculates the toolpaths based on the cutter selected and maximum depth of groove required.
• This diagram shows how the machined grooves get wider over the dark areas of the eye.
• 2. 3D Lithophane Machining
• Lithophanes are 3D photographs that when viewed in normal lighting look a little dull and lifeless. But when back lit transform into stunning 3D pictures with depth and detail that cannot be seen in a flat 2D photograph.
• Lithophanes originate from a process developed back in the mid 1800's for mass producing 3D pictures in porcelain. A 3D design was hand engraved into a thin sheet of bees wax that was placed over a lighted candle to show the effect of light passing through the wax. This master design was then used to make a mold for casting designs in porcelain. Varying levels of light to pass through the porcelain depending upon the thickness
• 3. 3D Grayscale Machining
• PhotoVCarve automatically converts a grayscale image into a 3D height map that can then be carved.
• The example below shows how the grayscale image for a 3D model can be converted to a 3D height map and machined using a Ball nose cutter.

JPW Industries - AVC100 - Specifications

Brand Name	JPW Industries
Item Description	Axiom PhotoVCarve
Stock Number	AX9-AVC100
Model Number	AVC100
Prop 65	Cancer and Reproductive Harm
Warranty	1 Year
Gross Weight	0.5
Net weight	0.5
Auto Depth Control	No
Compatibility	Compatible with Windows XP and above

JPW Industries - AVC100 - Documents and Downloads

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