METHOD OF THREE DIMENSIONAL LASER ENGRAVING

摘要

A method for laser engraving a three-dimensional image into a workpiece (100 ) according to color shades found in an original piece of artwork. The origina l piece of artwork is separated into a plurality of illustrations with each illustration corresponding to a particular layer of material to be removed from the workpiece in accordance with a selected color shade found in the original artwork. The illustrations are sequentially read by laser system program software which translates the lines on each illustration into signal s corresponding to laser paths. The signals are received by the laser system control assembly for directing the laser beam along the workpiece in a layer - by-layer relationship corresponding to the sequentially read illustrations. The use of the plurality of illustrations allows for a layer-by-layer remova l of material in the workpiece in correspondence with the various color shades .