3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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This is gonna sound really dumb, but get something to make a negative, like a putty or foam or something. Make a negative of the contour, take the negative and trace it on a piece of paper. Scan the paper with a fax machine or scanner from a printer. Export that as an SVG, import it into fusion. Messure you negatives size and scale the image to the negative. Trace the line of the image in fusion.
This will get you within throwing range of fitting.
The problem is, that I need to get some sort of heightmap mesh, not the form of it.