# Can you do custom 3d reliefs with Vcarve or Vcarve Pro?

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**Created:** [May 14, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/can-you-do-custom-3d-reliefs-with-vcarve-or-vcarve-pro/23711 "2016-05-14T19:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![MalcolmStanley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/malcolmstanley/32/44401_2.png) [@MalcolmStanley](https://community.inventables.com/u/MalcolmStanley)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/can-you-do-custom-3d-reliefs-with-vcarve-or-vcarve-pro/23711/8 "2016-05-15T02:28:30Z")

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I’ve been working in 3d in Fusion 360  
here is a project I have been working on:

> [@SO Happy: Finished First Attempt at Antique Reproduction](https://community.inventables.com/t/so-happy-finished-first-attempt-at-antique-reproduction/23712):
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> I posted [Periodic Calibration Loss / Z - axis randomly lost steps in middle of a loooong cut - #4 by MalcolmStanley](https://community.inventables.com/t/periodic-calibration-loss-z-axis-randomly-lost-steps-in-middle-of-a-loooong-cut/23538/4) a few days ago about my current carving project: here is an update on what happened next: [[Untitled]](https://www.flickr.com/photos/soaringhorse/26736273330/in/album-72157667414591252/ "Untitled") It turned out that I was losing steps because the two little nuts that hold the gear head to the top of the z-motor cam had wormed their way lose, and when the cam turned the gear was slipping. Once I figured that out, and go them tightened down, magic was ready to happen again: …

there are some links at the bottom of that, including one to a discussion in the Autodesk forums where some of us who work with meshes hang out.

Hope this helps.

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