I wasn’t even expecting these to turn out this good. First time I got fusion 360 to make a pocket using a v-bit and I’m blown away how well it cleared it out. These are commissioned by a friend from Haleiwa, HI. it’s and outline of Oahu island with the star on his hometown.
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Brilliant, I’m hoping top do similar with the counties of Ireland.
Any tips on drawing the boundaries? Some are very complex.
I use adobe illustrator to start with a vector image and export that as a dxf to fusion 360. In this case i started with a vector file I found online.
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Check mapchart.net to see if their map creation tools can help you with the boundaries. I found it nice for some USA maps for some presentations. It downloads in a few formats - you can color the areas too - FYI.
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I just realized I should’ve gotten the grain to follow N to S in relation to the island, now I won’t be able to unsee… Will have to take it into consideration on the next map related project.
If it helps, the “flame” runs roughly N/S…
I meant the flame or the curly, not the grain, my bad. It’s out of whack like 20-30 degrees. Oh well.
Get a tiki mug (complete with paper umbrella) on it, and you’ll never see it…
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Windward / leeward is more relevant for surfing (and climate) than geographic north/south. North shore just happens to be geographic north (roughly), when it is really being the windward shore that matters.
So there. Reframe and your coasters are already perfect.
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A friend purchased 8 of these, he’s got them already and I didn’t point it out and don’t intend to haha. I’m still happy with the way they came out, I just gotta work on my attention to the details.
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Good point.