Grasshopper · Rhino 8 · relief
Betav2.5.1Give your surfaces some texture.
Relief Texture applies a pattern, an image or a text as relief on your geometry, all the way to piercing through, then checks that the part is still printable.
Features
Relief Texture
Procedural, image or text reliefs on your meshes, with printability checks.
Procedural patterns
Seven patterns (Voronoi ridges and cells, fractals, organic, ribs), phyllotaxis and reaction-diffusion.
Image and text
A greyscale image or a text with font, size and bevel becomes a relief field.
Combinable fields
Eight blend modes, remapping with a profile curve, attractor masks.
Piercing and rim
The relief can cut through the wall exactly along the iso-line, with an adjustable solid rim.
Print check
Minimum wall thickness, overhang, smallest hole; estimated volume, mass and cost.
Fabrication
16-bit PNG heightmap for CNC or 8-bit for laser; gyroid, Schwarz P, diamond or Neovius volume lattice.
In pictures
Relief Texture
Requirements
Compatibility
Rhino 8 (Grasshopper)
Components
14, in the Relief tab
Output
Rhino mesh; PNG heightmaps
Frequently asked questions
Does it export STL directly?
The result is a Rhino mesh: export it to STL or 3MF from Rhino.
Is the AI tuning assistant included?
The Reference Match component suggests a pattern and settings from a reference image. It requires your own AI service key.