Custom Photo to 3D Bas-Relief Portrait STL from Your Picture
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- 📦 Instant digital download (STL file)
- 🛠️ Tested in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM, Fusion 360
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- Carving size
- 5.7 × 8 in (144 × 203 mm)
- Relief depth
- 0.68 in (17.2 mm)
- Board thickness
- 1 in or thicker
- Rough with
- 1/8 in end mill, 40% stepover
- Finish with
- 1/16 in tapered ball nose, 10% stepover
- Estimated carve time
- about 4 h 30 min (roughing 1 h 5 min, finishing 3 h 25 min)
- Carving size
- 8.5 × 12 in (216 × 305 mm)
- Relief depth
- 1 in (25.8 mm)
- Board thickness
- 1.5 in or thicker
- Rough with
- 1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
- Finish with
- 1/8 in ball nose, 10% stepover
- Estimated carve time
- about 4 h 45 min (roughing 55 min, finishing 3 h 50 min)
- Carving size
- 12.8 × 18 in (325 × 457 mm)
- Relief depth
- 1.5 in (38.7 mm)
- Board thickness
- 2 in or thicker
- Rough with
- 1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
- Finish with
- 1/8 in ball nose, 10% stepover
- Estimated carve time
- about 11 h 50 min (roughing 3 h 10 min, finishing 8 h 40 min)
- Carving size
- 17 × 24 in (433 × 610 mm)
- Relief depth
- 2 in (51.6 mm)
- Board thickness
- 2.5 in or thicker
- Rough with
- 1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
- Finish with
- 1/4 in ball nose (1/8 in for the finest detail, about twice as long), 10% stepover
- Estimated carve time
- about 15 h 10 min (roughing 7 h 25 min, finishing 7 h 40 min)
Estimates for a mid-size hobby machine (Shapeoko, X-Carve, Onefinity class). Scaling all three axes together keeps the depth in proportion; for thinner stock scale Z on its own. Hardwoods with fine grain (cherry, hard maple, walnut, basswood) hold this detail best. Check your exact setup in Will it cut, free, nothing uploaded.
How we estimate carve time
Finishing is one raster pass over the whole carving with the ball nose shown, at 10% stepover and half of a 1,800 mm/min (71 in/min) feed. Roughing assumes about 45% of the block above the base is waste, cleared with the end mill shown at 40% stepover and 3 mm per pass (1.5 mm for the 1/8 in end mill) at the full feed. The model leaves out acceleration, tool changes and moves between passes, so a real job usually takes somewhat longer. Times are rounded to 5 minutes.
- File format
- STL only decimated high-quality mesh, binary STL
- Model size as supplied
- 451.06 × 635.35 × 53.79 mm
- Shape
- portrait, 0.71:1
- Carve depth
- 11.9% of the width
- Mesh
- 2,029,714 triangles · 96.8 MB
- Base
- flat and sitting at zero, ready to machine
Opens directly in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM and Fusion 360, and in any slicer for 3D printing. For a laser, the relief is first turned into a greyscale depth image, which our Laser Studio app does from this STL. STL only, no OBJ or DXF: the DXF files used in CNC work hold 2D outlines, not the 3D relief surface. Scale it to whatever panel you are cutting. Scaling all three axes together keeps the depth in proportion; scale Z on its own for a shallower carve. How to open it in your software.
"great file and cut easily. looks good on Ash wood."
"This design turned out great on my CNC machine. Lots of detail."
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Customer reviews & carves
★ 5.0 · 1 reviewThey offered several options to pick from. I asked them combine the outer part from one with the inner part from another and they did that. I even forgot part of the inscription and they were able to fix that. Additionally they provided 2 files, one with all the inscription filled out and another with all that blank. They were good to work with, helpful and willing to make the requested changes. I highly recommend them and will use them for my next project similar to this one.