Acoustic guitar neck modeling

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I am a luthier looking to get some help carving guitar parts. Does anyone know if there are g-code files out there for acoustics. Or, are there services that will design a guitar neck for you?

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I’m sure that there are files out there and people to do it for you. You are doing yourself a disadvantage though by not trying it yourself in a 3D cad program. I did a tele neck tutorial and you can see step by step how I approached it in Rhino 3d. Fusion 360 is apparently free for a year if you are an amateur. You may want to give it a shot. This thread is ruined by the photobucket hostage taking, but maybe you’ll see what’s up with the process.

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Thanks! One more question, what is the best way to learn Rhino 3D? Or, how did you learn it?
Thanks,
Matt

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I downloaded it and eventually bought it. They have tutorials on how to use each tool. I started out with simple shapes. Lines, squares, triangles, circles. Once I got the hang of those tools I learned how to make surfaces. Once I had a command of the surface techniques, I started making solids and them combining them. Rhino seems to be more intuititive than fushion 360 from what I can see because the toolbars are right in front of you, like MS paint and other similar programs.

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Thanks Marty!!