Trying to get textured fill (from pattern in Illustrator) to work as 3D engrave

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The 3D engrave option is available for raster images. It should be available for draftboard, acrylics, and hardwoods. If you don’t have the option, it’s possible your file is a vector image.

As for the 3D engraving stuff, I think there was a good tutorial under tips and tricks. You have to create a file with different shades, but I’m absolutely terrible at it. I only got it to work when using the tutorial about using Meshlabs with a 3D file.

Tutorial - Creating a Depth Map from a 3D Model for 3D Engraving!

Here is a quick and easy tutorial that I know a lot of you will find useful. Creating a depth map from a 3d file! This will allow you to do 3d engravings like the ones youve seen me post. First you will need to download and install Meshlab. Its free and open source: http://www.meshlab.net/ Next, import whatever file you want to make a depth map from. Im gonna use Han Solo in carbonite. [File -> Import Mesh] (if you dont have a 3d model, just google what you are looking for + “3d model”. Youl…

How To Make 3D Engravings | Blender Depth Maps

So here is my attempt at de-mystifying 3D Engraving with a laser cutter. From My last post where I showed how to use Blender as a laser design tool I saw that many were many looking for answers on how to do Depth Maps from blender. After over 50 tests and around 7 different techniques, here is the simplest method for the best results that I could achieve. [3D Laser Engraving | How To Make A Depth Map Out Of Almost Anything | STL to Depth Map | Tutorial]