Very impressive. I only just found out about Relief Maker a couple of days ago. I'm working my way through these vids before downloading the trial version. Thanks. Jim PS I do have Aspire so I'm really excited about this. 🙂
I've watched this a couple times. Here's what I don't understand. All of what you're demonstrating can be done from within Aspire (I'm using 12.0). The rotation along the three axis, sizing, importing, etc. are acheivable without too much challenge. The only thing I noticed that is different is when exporting to yield a height map. It is in fact a different grayscale artifact. It has that x-ray gradation kind of look to it in which my laser cutter performs better with this output. Am I missing something?
Aspire and other CAM/design products have an ability to make varying degrees of reliefs or things that try to approximate reliefs. What I think you will find is that very often the results that you get with the approaches that these products take are not what you are going to want. If you are making one thing with one relief, then sure use Aspire it will probably be good enough for a one-off. But if you're planning on incorporating reliefs into your work, and want very high quality, then they often do not cut it. My suggestion is to just try some out with varying degrees of complexity - especially models with parts that are in front of other parts, such as a person with their arm going across their chest - you will find these guys typically produce results you are not going to like, whereas Relief Maker produces excellent results every time.
@@3DReliefMaker Thank you for the response. Yes, I agree. It has been a challenge finding the right solution and consistent output for our workflow (actually quite frustrating). We use professional laser cutters and CNC machines. I've had my eye on Relief Maker and VistaSculpt for a few months now. I'll give this one a try this week. I see that you offer a forever license. Is there a limitation to your 7 day trial? If so, I don't see it on your site.
@@storytellerHD You should be able to do everything in the trial. If you discover something you cannot, ping us at hello@reliefmaker.com and we'll be happy to get you situated with an actual temporary license, but you should not need it.
Very impressive. I only just found out about Relief Maker a couple of days ago. I'm working my way through these vids before downloading the trial version. Thanks. Jim
PS I do have Aspire so I'm really excited about this. 🙂
I've watched this a couple times. Here's what I don't understand. All of what you're demonstrating can be done from within Aspire (I'm using 12.0). The rotation along the three axis, sizing, importing, etc. are acheivable without too much challenge. The only thing I noticed that is different is when exporting to yield a height map. It is in fact a different grayscale artifact. It has that x-ray gradation kind of look to it in which my laser cutter performs better with this output. Am I missing something?
Aspire and other CAM/design products have an ability to make varying degrees of reliefs or things that try to approximate reliefs. What I think you will find is that very often the results that you get with the approaches that these products take are not what you are going to want. If you are making one thing with one relief, then sure use Aspire it will probably be good enough for a one-off. But if you're planning on incorporating reliefs into your work, and want very high quality, then they often do not cut it. My suggestion is to just try some out with varying degrees of complexity - especially models with parts that are in front of other parts, such as a person with their arm going across their chest - you will find these guys typically produce results you are not going to like, whereas Relief Maker produces excellent results every time.
@@3DReliefMaker Thank you for the response. Yes, I agree. It has been a challenge finding the right solution and consistent output for our workflow (actually quite frustrating). We use professional laser cutters and CNC machines. I've had my eye on Relief Maker and VistaSculpt for a few months now. I'll give this one a try this week. I see that you offer a forever license. Is there a limitation to your 7 day trial? If so, I don't see it on your site.
@@storytellerHD You should be able to do everything in the trial. If you discover something you cannot, ping us at hello@reliefmaker.com and we'll be happy to get you situated with an actual temporary license, but you should not need it.