Bas-relief addon

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Bas relief addon enables you to convert your 3d scene into a bas relief that can be milled with an 3-axis cnc machine. I use this algorithm for all my bas-relief work, which can be seen in the gallery. The addon is distributed with documentation,tutorial and sample file. I hope users of blender CAM will find this addon usefull, since it's especially good for purposes of CNC milling.

This addon will work with Blender CAM installation or any blander which has Numpy library built-in. Best way to use it is to download blender CAM, unpack it, then follow the tutorial.

The bas-relief addon will be sent to all donors of Blender CAM as a bonus. Even if you donate a single euro(-cent), you are eligible to recieve a link to this addon. When the donations to BlenderCAM reach 2000 Euro since the moment of release of the basrelief addon(November 2013), the basrelief addon will be opensourced under the GPL license, and the documentation and tutorial published online. It will be then distributed with Blender CAM. If the donations keep the rate which they had until now, this will happen approximately in 3.5 years :)


UPDATE: the limit has been reached,  thanks to everybody! You can still donate if you like whatever you use from this site ;)

I put a lot of efforts into this algorithm to work well and it's a unique combination of this algorithm which cannot be found in any other software package, and also delivers better results than my old bas relief node patch for blender. It was optimized for good quality output. I recoded this algorithm from scratch in python, the only prerequisite is numpy, which is distributed with Blender CAM too.


53 comments:

  1. Anatolii22 November 2013 at 00:56

    I will make donation soon!

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    1. Anonymous19 April 2022 at 19:17

      Blender Cam: Bas-Relief Addon >>>>> Download Now

      >>>>> Download Full

      Blender Cam: Bas-Relief Addon >>>>> Download LINK

      >>>>> Download Now

      Blender Cam: Bas-Relief Addon >>>>> Download Full

      >>>>> Download LINK 6Y

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  2. Unknown22 November 2013 at 06:11

    Thanks, that's great!

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  3. ennio22 November 2013 at 08:50

    Interesting! I What kind of machine code does it write ?
    I have a Heidnhain controller ( CNC ).

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    1. iccha22 November 2013 at 10:19

      Blender CAM has support for many machines, It uses the BSD library from HeeksCNC.
      I am not sure if anybody allready tested it with a Heidnhain machine. You can download blender CAM from the download page.
      Bas relief addon is only for conversion of 3d scenes to depth relief images.

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  4. onjoFilms23 November 2013 at 14:28

    A few typos, but no email address to send them too.

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    1. iccha23 November 2013 at 15:35

      Just post them here if you can;) I am not shy to admit I wrote something stupid :)
      I don't give my address because of spam , of course...

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  5. artisanicview30 November 2013 at 07:51

    Impressive work.... I want to build my own CNC router... unfortunately I don't have resources to do this.... for the moment.... Personally I like the "CNC USB CONTROLLER MK2" from planet-cnc.com. Is cheap and supports up to 9 axis!

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  6. Unknown2 December 2013 at 04:33

    You said that this addon creates depth relief images. Does that mean that it creates bitmaps that must then be converted to 3d or GCODE? Can the addon be used to create geometry (like an STL) that can be used in another
    type of manufature like 3d printing?

    Are there details on using the addon or a tutorial?

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    1. iccha2 December 2013 at 05:22

      Hello,
      the depth image can be of course made into a mesh object, just for 3d printing you need to use an full object like a cube and use it for displacement.
      In the tutorial, there is how to use the addon and how to create a mesh object too. Besides that, there are sample files for all of this.

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  7. Unknown5 December 2013 at 11:02

    i will make a donation of 50 usd if u will gave us working blender build with a bas relief patch
    sorry for my straightforwardness but i am so tired to build this node in blender. it is very complicated
    Documetation is poor. Somepeople recomended me to use turtoiseSVN this did this situation even more complex.
    So PLease !!!! Help US not programmers

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    1. iccha6 December 2013 at 07:33

      Hello,
      you DON'T need to build blender with this new addon. Old stuff was a patch which you had to build. This new is an addon. You download blender CAM build from this site from download page, + you get from me the link to this new addon after any donation you send. I will also opensource this addon after the donations reach 2000E, as I wrote in the article.

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    2. iccha6 December 2013 at 07:34

      and by the way, I can't build that old patch myself. New nodal system is just too different. ;)

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  8. Unknown6 December 2013 at 20:24

    thanks for your reply!
    just did a small donation to your project as much as my financial situation allows me.
    my e mail is earthfrom@ya.ru

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  9. makeCNC19 December 2013 at 17:47

    I have made donation but you did not email me the link for the bas relief add-on ?

    could you please send to me at this email address

    paul@makecnc.com


    I made payment on PayPal from orders@makecnc.com

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    1. iccha20 December 2013 at 07:43

      as is written on this page, I do this thing manually, and I am not every day on email, so I would like to ask ppl for a bit of patience...

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    2. iccha20 December 2013 at 07:44

      I sent you the reply ;)

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  10. DemonicBunny24 January 2014 at 09:11

    The edges around the model seem weird. It s like the shadows of the model affect the end result. Is their a way to keep only the alpha image and have a uniform background around the model through your plugin without using a program like photoshop.

    Your program is very cool. I will donate soon.

    Thx

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  11. Unknown26 February 2014 at 05:42

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    1. iccha26 February 2014 at 10:04

      Hello, did u get my reply?
      seems google started marking my replies to ppl as spam or something.

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    2. Unknown26 February 2014 at 18:59

      Oh! It seems Paypal sent your reply to my other address. I did get it, thanks much!!

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    3. iccha27 February 2014 at 02:40

      deleted your initial comment, because there was your email address, and it's not good - you should never post your address like this online... ;)

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    4. Unknown27 February 2014 at 08:49

      Good point. Thanks again!

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  12. DemonicBunny7 March 2014 at 14:03

    I just donated. I can't wait to try it.

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  13. Unknown24 June 2014 at 11:55

    I will donate within a week thx

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  14. Unknown27 June 2014 at 16:38

    How do i get the download link?

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    1. iccha30 June 2014 at 01:36

      Hello,
      If you donate, I will get an email from PayPal. I reply to this e-mail.
      Did you allready do some donation? If so, I didn't get the email.
      After the financing target will be met, the addon will be part of blenderCAM download...

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  15. Unknown19 August 2014 at 07:14

    Hi, I just donated and can't wait to try this out :D I'm wondering what the current donation total is and also wondering what the current license is on this addon. Can I share it with my coworkers? We do some 3D printing and have been looking for a bas relief solution for a while.

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    1. iccha20 August 2014 at 20:20

      Hello,
      the donation level is now somewhere above of 1000 E allready, I have to do a sum of the donations.
      Regarding licesnsing, ehm, I am not sure currently, but it will be GPL after the donation leve.
      If you share it with your coworkers, It's ok for me, I just would like to prefent free sharing on internet by now...

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  16. Terry26 September 2014 at 19:27

    Several days have passed and still hoping to see a link? Is this project still active? Did I not contribute enough?
    I would be happy to send more if this is still active.
    Thanks

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    1. iccha27 September 2014 at 00:14

      Hello, I sent you allready several replies..I replied immediately after the donation. Yesterday when you wrote me I realized Paypal didn't show your true address(I usually send the reply to the donation mail, which is in 90% cases ok.), so I sent you one more reply. Maybe look into your spam folder, if it didn't end there...
      Sorry for this inconvenience, believe me, I am trying to reply to each mail or donation. Also, the project is by far not dead, although summer work I did postponed the release a lot...

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    2. Terry27 September 2014 at 17:38

      Please try again. My spam filter blocked it.
      Thanks

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  17. Unknown11 December 2014 at 13:15

    Can you make a video tutorial on how to install this add-on, Thanks

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  18. Unknown26 January 2015 at 18:42

    I've been using the addon for a while and I notice a slight issue. If an item has thin features in front of others, it adds the hidden rear detail to the visible one leaving an error of sorts in the relief which shows up as a lump. Is there any way to correct this?

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    1. iccha27 January 2015 at 15:43

      to see what you mean, I would actually need to see a file, because I don't understand your description really well.

      please post a message into the forum, if you can ;)

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    2. Unknown1 March 2015 at 12:56

      I posted a more detailed report on the google group. Did you get a chance to look it over? Do you need more detail?

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  19. Unknown20 February 2015 at 07:36

    Great job you are doing ! Blender is my choice for 3D Bas Relief now that I finished making my new CNC machine. I just want to know how can I get this add-on. I made a small donation already. Thanks for your effort and support.

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  20. Unknown24 February 2015 at 07:36

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    1. iccha25 February 2015 at 03:52

      sent you a mail and deleting you message so that your email isn't exposed here in public ;)

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    2. Unknown25 February 2015 at 05:10

      Great ! Thank you very much for both !! :-)

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  21. Unknown25 February 2015 at 05:09

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  22. Unknown25 April 2015 at 16:25

    how to install this plugin

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  23. GaryM6 May 2015 at 09:09

    Where can I find a tutorial for installing and using the basrelief addon?

    Thank You

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  24. cwiliam9 August 2015 at 13:00

    is this still available?

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  25. Donato Velleca24 November 2015 at 11:32

    Hi ... I make a little donation and when you answer please tell me what Blender and what other stuffs I have to put to work with Bas-relief addon ...

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  26. Unknown27 July 2016 at 19:51

    Hi. I've found this addon. Thanks very much for share. I have a question that I want convert 3D object to 2.5D object (like that picture) but I can't find tutorial to do that. Someone can help me pls! Thankyou very much (sorry for my bad English :()

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  27. Unknown8 September 2016 at 18:47

    I have today donated 10 euro to your site. There are now good resolution dual lens cameras for say $500. From the two images, X,Y,Z can be calculated but I don't know how. Am I dreaming or could a bas relief be carved from this data? Please reply to podger.david@gmail.com. Most grateful for all your efforts to date.

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  28. Unknown18 November 2016 at 10:07

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  29. Carlos Riera22 December 2016 at 07:52

    Hello, I'm making my firsts experiments with BlenderCam and my Shapeoko, and I'm interesting in your bassrelief addon, how I can get it?. I suposed that is making a donation.

    Regards, Carlos Riera.

    Thank you.

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  30. Unknown7 September 2017 at 22:23

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  31. Unknown4 November 2019 at 13:23

    Hello, could your blenderCam work be used as an addon in blender 2.80? Since the 2.80 interface is great AND the popularity it gained Is very big, would it be great to use it there without having to install a special blender, it would probably make your program gain Users and be pollished by the community, but you'll tell me if its doable.

    : )

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  32. Anonymous19 April 2022 at 19:17

    Blender Cam: Bas-Relief Addon >>>>> Download Now

    >>>>> Download Full

    Blender Cam: Bas-Relief Addon >>>>> Download LINK

    >>>>> Download Now

    Blender Cam: Bas-Relief Addon >>>>> Download Full

    >>>>> Download LINK bk

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