
Such as thumb studs, or differently shaped holes (e.g. They patented this particular "technology", and other brands that want to make one-handers will have to resort to other methods. An example of this would be the round "spyderhole" used on Spyderco knives to assist in one-hand opening. Cars are for the most part not covered under copyright law, but trademark and patent law: a seller of aftermarket parts is not allowed to use the car brand's logo without a license (trademark), and if technology in the original part is covered by patents, the aftermarket part seller must find a way of achieving the same result without using that particular technology. The aftermarket part you bring up doesn't apply.
#CATAN BOARD GAME MOVIE#
If I post the first 10 minutes of a movie online, I'll still be in violation, even if I argue "it's not complete, people will still have to buy the movie to see the ending". I'm not a lawyer, but I can tell you this much: whether it's a complete reproduction, or a partial one, doesn't matter for copyright law. I did quite a few other projects that I cared less about to make sure I had the tool changing down.

This involved multiple tool changes so you will need to make sure you are comfortable with that. I finished it off by using the 1/8 but to cut out the pieces. I then used the v-bit to engrave the symbols and text. I used the 1/8 bit for the city/settlement indent along with surfacing the top to ensure all the tiles are the same height. I had to use the 1/16 bit for the road indents due to the smaller size. It helped out a couple times when I found out I needed to modify the shape to machine better. If you are wondering what the random symbol is in the empty space, I cut a sample symbol on each piece to test how well the symbol would come out before I continued with the cut. You can also see the 2 inch space I put on the left to account for the wood piece that sets the height.

The entire piece is a green-ish color because that was the surfacing pass to make them the same height.
#CATAN BOARD GAME SOFTWARE#
I didn't walk through every step in setting this up because you may be using a different cam software but it should be noted that you can see my cutting settings and the colors in the pictures indicate different cutting depths. I then added the symbols and text that I needed and made sure they were aligned as I wanted them on the piece. I added the tile pieces I need into my cam software (I used ESTLCAM because it is simple and cheap and works well for my needs) and then aligned them onto the board size I had.
