To accelerate working with reliefs, a collection of ready-to-use pieces of relief clipart are provided with your
ArtCAM installation. To use the pieces of relief clipart, you must download and install the pieces to add them to the Relief Clipart Library.
To add the pieces of relief clipart to the Relief Clipart Library:
- Select
Relief > Clipart Library or click the
Relief Clipart Library
button. The
Relief Clipart Library panel is displayed.
- At the bottom of the panel, click
Get More Clipart. The file to download is displayed in a web browser.
- Follow the instructions in the browser to download the Application (.exe) file.
- When you have downloaded the file, exit
ArtCAM.
- Locate the file in Explorer.
- Right-click the file, then select
Run as administrator in the context menu. The
Autodesk
ArtCAM Relief Clipart Library Setup wizard is displayed.
- Follow the instructions in the wizard to install the reliefs.
- When you have installed the reliefs, start
ArtCAM.
- To import a piece of relief clipart from the Relief Clipart Library:
- Display the Relief Clipart Library panel.
- In the
Choose library area, select a library option in the list.
ArtCAM displays thumbnails for the available pieces of relief clipart.
- Click a thumbnail. The
Tool Settings: Transform dialog is displayed and a preview of the piece of relief clipart is shown in blue and surrounded by a bounding box in the 3D view.
- Use the panel to specify the piece of relief clipart's size, scale, position, orientation, and shape, and choose how to add the piece to the relief layer.