This was part of my Final Degree Project. It shows the process between finishing the design and the actual manufacturating. First I started by modeling a Lowpoly hand in Autodesk 3Ds Max:

After that I created a Highpoly hand for the final milling process. The strategy was to use the LowPoly mesh to do a quick milling without caring about tolerances and once we had that, we use the HighPoly mesh to do a much accurate milling. Here you can see the subdivision process in Zbrush and the final result:

I needed to make sure that there was a remain between the LowPoly and the HighPoly in order to mechanize one from the other (So, we started whit a PVC cilinder, then we mechanized the LowPoly and later the Highpoly)

Last time feature: a base 

Then in CAMWorks (is a fully integrated CAM solution designed to operate within SolidWorks) I had to generate the toolpaths necesary to generate the G-code.

After a lot of calculations you can see how I get to the LowPoly model

This is one operation's toolpath (the LowPoly needed 7 different operations and the HighPoly 8)

I needed to make sure I didn't hit anything! In this case the indexing plate's claws

After generate the G-code we started to mechanize the hand

We decided to do a second mechanize but this time instead using PVC we decided to use aluminium and make it twice as large as the first one. First I changed the topology whit a smoother transition from the hand to the base.

We also decided to decrease the lateral toolpath from 0,5 mm to 0,25 mm. This will give us a better look and feel.

Unfortunately I haven't see the final mechanize. But since I see it I will add some pictures ;)