Thanks for allowing me to trial VistaSculpt. Love your work to date and looking forward to seeing how it develops!

@@jmone3559 it obviously works better on some images than others. I tried the female face image in the demo they provided, and although you could adjust the Z depth which helped, I could not get a nice enough sculpt that I could realistically use for CNC work. It's a bit pricey for brand new software, but not really outrageous, I'll have to try the individual monthly subscription, just don't know exactly how this would work, but assuming you have to be online so the software can connect to their server to validate the duration of your license, but don't know if you have to stay connected. You seemed to get better results, loved the addition of casting the metal, something I have always wanted to learn, just every time I think I have enough saved for a small propane furnace, something else comes up (Isn't that always the case?), but nice work, and it was worth watching. I would sure prefer a per conversion type pricing, but it doesn't seem to be part of their pricing structure.

@@kurtmelander5103 I expect there will be a "per export" style license at some point. I played with the settings on the Right Hand Side for some time looking at what combinations worked best for creating an appropriate STL for my uses (sand casting patterns and laser engraving). The guys who wrote VistaSculpt engrave massive stone blocks and I think they use something like 20 for the Depth Scale (but their blocks are in the Cubic Meters!!!). Given I really don't need a lot of depth for either of my use cases, I found having "Depth Scale" = 2 or 3, Detail Scale of around 75, and Smoothing of around 20 worked really well. The settings on the Left under Scale and Rotation are not related to the generation of the model but for adjusting the size and orientation of the model post generation, so the magic is getting the Right Hand Side settings dialed in for what you need.

it's far too expensive for the singular purpose of what it's designed for, even if it gave a "perfect" result, which I never achieved, their price will turn a lot of people, including myself off, for not many people are going to spend that much money for such a singular purpose software when other less expensive options are available. As a retired disabled Veteran, I have to be VERY judicious on how I spend my software dollars, and this software at this price point will never get my money, bad for me? maybe, but certainly bad for them if others are of the same mindset.

@@kurtmelander5103 In discussions with the Author of VistaSculpt I know they are considering the ability to purchase an "export pack" that would make it much more assessable for those that will only ever do a few per year.

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It is indead! Great bit of software. Just posted a "Short" of doing a Laser Engraving as well using the same process to create the STL.

@@jmone3559 Hi, there. Do you think it is better than Aspire/VCarve? Thanks for the video.

I will be doing some more (but it will be a couple of weeks at least as I'm away at present). There is a new version out that looks to have some great improvements, so I plan to review the changes

@@jmone3559 thanks. Looking to get a mopa 60w laser and this would be the focus of my hobby.

@storytellerHD That is the plan for the next video as I do a few of these type of engraves and castings. Hoping to get it done this weekend using the latest version of VistaSculpt.

@@jmone3559 Thank you. We'll definitely stay tuned. Subscribing to your channel!

@@storytellerHD The next video will be a bit later. I've been chatting to the developers about a little tweak that will give more details on very shallow engraves for things like coins (that don't have a lot of depth). I'll be putting a photo on a coin next, but will need the next version of VistaSculpt that will do that better.

@@jmone3559 Okay, understood. We're really super curious about this functionality and are eager to do a cross comparison with another software called Relief Maker. We have commercial laser engraving machines as well as CNC machines and would love to see how this pairs up with Aspire 12.

@@jmone3559 Alright Nathan. We're watching closely for your next video to drop. Thanks for the heads up. Honestly not sure why VistaSculpt doesn't do this themselves...I mean it's their priduct offering.

It will be interesting to see how they structure it once it leaves beta in regards to licensing etc.

@@jmone3559 offcourse , have you used carveco for cncs by aspire ?

Yeah, I think the dev behind VistaSculpt is focused on the SW Dev as it is still in Beta.... and in my discussions with them, they are considering a price per export option to allow better access to try it out (especially for those of us that will only ever do a few 3D Model Generations in a year).

I know that they are thinking of adding a price per export instead of a time-based license but I've no insight into when or how much it will cost.

Worth keeping an eye out to see how it develops as it is still in Beta. Maybe it gets ported at some point.

it'll run on a $25 dell box off marketplace.. might be worth it.

I'm hoping that add a price per export option (or a pack of exports) for those that will only be occasional users.