Modeling in ART starts with defining a project workspace. The project workspace specifies the extents of the finally created model. Various operations such as Creating 3D Relief from a bitmap image (.bmp, .jpg, and .gif), Image to Curve geometry conversion, Sweep Volume Generation, Puffed Volume Generation can be specified within this workspace. These operations, once created, will be displayed in the ART browser in a tree structure. The project workspace model represents the state of the model after each and every operation’s geometry has been combined into one final shape. The combination is defined using rules (called Operation Type in each of the operation dialogs) that can be selected when creating the operation.
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Selecting any of the operation icons in the tree display in the
By using a combination of the ART tools, and a variety of bitmaps and operations, different shapes can be created. If any operation is not to your expectation, it can be edited to modify any of the parameters used to create the shape. Operations can also be deleted easily by simply deleting the operation icon in the tree display. After a satisfactory model is generated, the entire project can be exported to VisualCAD as 3D mesh geometry. This mesh is now ready to be used for machining using software such as VisualCAM's milling module.
