3D Surface Applications
There are certainly countless ways in which 3D surfaces can be utilized in
commercial applications.  The EnRoute Pro tools are designed primarily
as creative tools, making them most  useful for applications that require
creative designs.  This includes woodworking and woodcarving, signs,
jewelry, mold-making, and any other application that requires creative
design tools.  
While EnRoute¡¯s 3D tools can be used to create precise surfaces, their
primary application is not considered to be in creating 3D engineered
parts for mechanical applications.

which are referred to as Reliefs.  Reliefs are created and modified using
both 2D contours and 3D mesh objects.  2D Contours are used to sweep
and spin profiles and cross sections and to extrude shapes to create
surfaces.  3D mesh objects can be created in EnRoute, and then applied
to reliefs to create a finished surface.  EnRoute also allows you to import
a number of different file formats, so mesh objects that are created in
other applications can be used too.
 
Creating Output for 3D Surfaces
3D toolpaths are created in much the same way as 2D toolpaths in
EnRoute.  Hatch Fills and Island Fills are the most common strategy types
that are used with reliefs, but other strategies  like routing offsets and
engraving can also be effectively used to machine a surface.  When these
strategies are used with a relief, some additional parameters become
necessary to define how the toolpaths should be created.  Otherwise, the
process is the same as the processes defined in Chapter 6.  Creating 3D
toolpaths is discussed in detail in Chapter 18.