I did a little more experimenting with the Cut3D demo and did a little more digging on the Vectric support site and found out that there is a trick to getting the dish to cut without cutting it out or machining a bunch of surface that doesn’t need to be machined.  On page two, if you set the machining boundary to symmetrical with .001 in the box next to it and use model silhouette checked it will carve the dish normally.  However, during the course of the experimentation I found that my normal dish is too vertical at the lip which causes pixelation in Cut3D at the join between the dish and the surface.  It looks like it would only take a minute to sand out after the cut but if your tool path is right and the model is right that’s a minute you shouldn’t need to waste sanding something you can machine smooth in the first place.  I’ve found that If I leave a lip on my dishes of .09 it will leave it as smooth as I created it in the first place, so that’s what I’ll be doing from now on.

If you’ve purchased a dished model and would like me to shoot you one with a lip I’d be glad to do it for you, just email me or use the contact form.

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The model for the 455th Flying Training Squadron is ready.  The queue is now clear so I’ll be doing some site maintenance then starting the Army diver badges.

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The models for the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron and the 16th Training Squadron are ready for download.  Up next, 455th Flying Training Squadron followed by the 6 Army diver badges.

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The current queue: 6th Recon Squadron (done, will be up today), 16th Training Squadron (90% done, will also be up today) and new to the list, 455th Flying Training Squadron (not started yet) followed by the 6 Army diver badges.

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I’ve recently found through correspondence with Vectric support that the way I’ve been making my dished models just doesn’t work well with Cut3D.  The solution is very easy, it’s actually just to stop cutting the models out of the zero plane, but I’ve already made a lot of models that way and it will take a considerable amount of time to get all the older models updated.  It takes very little time to create a corrected dished version of a model but quite a bit of time to get that corrected version online for general download.  As I create models in the future they’ll be Cut3D compatible, but for the older models until I get them all updated I’ll need Cut3D users to send me an email noting that they need the Cut3D version and I”ll make it and send it out ASAP.  My email address is info@cncmilitaryemblems.com or click here.

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I knocked out a couple of quick ones today, the collar pins for Master Chief Petty Officer and Senior Chief Petty Officer.  The queue remains 6th RS, 16th Training Squadron and the Army diver badges.

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The models for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 261 is ready for download.  Up next, 6th RS, 16th Training Squadron and the Army diver badges.

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When I get a request from someone for a model, I create a folder inside my Requested folder with the model name, the name of the person who requested it, and the queue number.  Queue number is determined by due date and what else is in the queue.  Only requested models get a queue number so the stuff I’m doing to fill out pages, like the Pathfinder badge I posted a few days ago just hang around in my Requested folder until there’s nothing with a number in front of them.  This is an easy and effective way to keep track of what I need to make.

Well, maybe I shouldn’t say effective.  I just got an email asking for an update for when the 6th RS model would be ready.  Unfortunately my initial reaction was “what the hell is the 6th RS?”  Digging through my email revealed that the 6th RS is the USAF 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, it was requested on October 23 and I replied with a queue number.  But there’s no folder for it.  There’s no folder in my requested, and there’s no folder in my Air Force folder.  Don’t know how I managed to reply with a queue number without creating a folder but I must have.

So that brings us to this post, the first queue update.  Up until now, I’ve only updated the blog when I uploaded a new model.  Now, I’ll continue to do that but I’ll also update the blog whenever I get a request.  Since I review the previous post when I do a new post this should help me to avoid this problem.

So, the queue as it stands right now: HMM261 first, followed by 6th RS, 16th Training Squadron and the Army diver badges.

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I’ve just uploaded the models for Army Aircorps (WWII) Aerial Gunner wings, Freefall Parachutist badge, and Pathfinder badge.  Up next, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) crest followed by the 6 Army diver badges.

No telling how long it will take to get the diver badges all done, I doubt I’ll upload them one at a time since none were requested.  Also anything that is requested will take priority.  These 6 diver badges are the last qualification badge models to be made for the current Army badges, so I may offer a set.

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I’ve just added a page for Canadian military emblems with two emblems to start, the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and the Tri-Service badge.  The link to the Canadian Forces page is at the bottom of the products page right after the UK Forces link.  The queue is now empty so on to the un-requested.  Up next, Freefall Parachutist badge, Pathfinder badge, and the 6 Army diver badges

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