A method for manufacturing a reproduction of a three-dimensional physical
object by obtaining a digital two-dimensional representation of the
object, manipulating the two-dimensional representation to input-data for
a manufacturing machine, and manufacturing a reproduction of a
three-dimensional physical object based on the input-data. The method can
include selecting a three-dimensional object which is encapsulated,
designating a predefined digital three-dimensional representation that
resembles the encapsulated three-dimensional physical object, placing the
predefined digital three-dimensional model in the background of the
manipulated two-dimensional representation, scaling and modifying the
predefined digital three-dimensional representation in accordance with
the two-dimensional representation, combining the predefined digital
three-dimensional representation with the manipulated two-dimensional
representation to a full three-dimensional digital representation,
converting the full three-dimensional representation to input-data for a
manufacturing machine, and on basis of the input data reproducing the
encapsulated three-dimensional object as a physical three-dimensional
model.