3D Colorado Mountain Scene

Are you looking for a way to give your acrylic engravings more depth? The 3D Colorado Mountain Scene is a perfect example of how using engraved layers will give your acrylic awards and trophies the 3D qualities you have been looking for.

Using engraved layers will make your pieces look like the engraving is actually inside the acrylic.

Follow the simple steps below and create your own 3D Colorado Mountain Scene.

Materials:

1 piece of 24" x 12" .25 inch thick cast acrylic
acrylic glue

Files: Right click on the file below and choose "Save target as." Open the file in CorelDraw 8 or later. Please note the file for the colorado3d sample is in raster and vector format.

colorado3d.cdr

The Epilog system used for this project was a 35 watt Mini 24.

The colorado3d.cdr file contains all the cut and engraved pieces necessary for your 3d layered sample, so be sure to click the combined mode button in the driver window.

Click the auto focus box.

Next Set the horizontal width to 24 inches and the vertical length to 12 inches.

Set the raster engraving setting to:
Speed: 50%
Power: 80%

Set the vector cutting settings to:
Speed: 3%
Power: 100%
Frequency: 5000

Then send the file to the laser.

Notes:
When engraving and cutting acrylic, it is a good idea to mask off the top side to prevent the smoke and acrylic dust from sticking to the surface of the acrylic. Use a semi-tacky masking tape.

Place your pieces of acrylic into the laser and push GO.

After the laser has finished cutting and engraving, use the order of the pictures to the right to assemble your colorado3D sample. The order of the photos is from front to back.

Glue Instructions:
First glue the base for the colorado3D sample together using the acrylic glue. The rectangle with the cut-out goes on top. When gluing the layers of the colorado3d sample to the base, only place glue on the parts of the layers that will be touching the base.

Colorado 3D Base Pieces

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