Help! Trying to turn real life object into 2D file to be sent to laser cutter.
Not sure if anyone could help me or possibly point me in the direction of somebody who can. Im at a bit of a loss here..
I have a custom aluminum bracket that I am trying to make multiple copies of. I thought of creating a 2D file of the bracket and send it to a local metal fabricator/laser cutter to cut multiple copies of it for me. However ive run into a few problems
1. There are many curves/odd angles on the bracket and its very hard to measure these by hand and accurately replicate them in Autocad/Adobe Illustrator.
2. The bracket is not completely flat, and has had sections of it that were bent on an angle by the original fabricator. Its very difficult to try to create a 2D file of an object that is not flat. I dont want to bend/modify the bracket just so I can get better measurements.
Im open to suggestions as to how to go about doing this.
I thought last night about the possibility of having the bracket 3D scanned, so I have a 3D scale model of it. Is there any way to virtually 'bend' the bracket flat again in a modelling program so I would have a flat, 2D object to send off to the laser cutter?
Included an image below. The bracket is mostly flat but has these 90* sections to be able to bolt/fasten it.
TLDR: Im trying to create a copy of a one-piece aluminum bracket. I need to somehow make a 2D file to send to the laser cutter and dont know how to do that.
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