Today’s article will explain the BobART Manager and where to locate it in the software. BobART is available as an add-on module to any of the milling CAD-CAM software products. It allows users such as yourself to apply creative artwork to CNC manufactured parts. This powerful artistic software allows you to take a picture or drawing and convert it into a relief model or vectorized geometry that can be machined by a CNC mill, router, waterjet, laser, or burning machine. Simply open an image file and you’re just a few steps away from engraving, carving, or embossing with powerful CAM programming. Utilize BobART for the following applications: sign making, custom woodworking, jewelry making, instrument machining, engraving work, mold making, and much more.
Where to Find Your BobART Manager
The BobART Manager is located, by default, on the left side of the application, docked with the Data Entry Manager, the CAD Tree Manager, and the CAM Tree Manager. The location of the BobART Manager, however, can be adjusted to preference, as explained in the “How to Use Your Docking Panes” Tech Tuesday article. The BobART Manager is what gives you access to all BobART functionality, which is explained in the following paragraph.
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The BobART module provides enhanced tools for creating, modifying, and maintaining
embossed models and vectorized geometry. The BobART Tree is used to load images, vector image files, and various BobART files (.bart, .bbas, and component/.stl) that are used to create embossed models. The following three items are always visible in the BobART Tree. You right-click these three items to display a shortcut menu.
There you have it! Make sure to utilize your BobART manager for flawless programming when working in your artistic add-on from BobCAD. If you don’t have BobART and want to give it a try,
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