Relief

7 components in Artisan › Relief.

Relief Project

Builds a relief from a stack of operations (connect the Relief operation components to Operations, in order) and outputs the mesh

Nickname: Relief · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Operations (optional)	Ops	Generic	list	—	Relief operations, applied in this order (Shift+drag to connect several)
Workbench	Plane	Plane	item	d.Workbench	Plane the relief sits on: grid centred at its origin, heights along its normal
Width	W	Number	item	d.WorldWidth	Relief width (model units)
Height	H	Number	item	d.WorldHeight	Relief height (model units)
Resolution	Res	Integer	item	d.Resolution	Grid nodes along the longest side
Thickness	Solid	Boolean	item	d.OutputType == ReliefOutputType.Thickness	True: closed solid with a flat back at Cap Distance; false: open surface
Cap Distance	Cap	Number	item	d.CapDistance	Distance from the plane to the back of the solid
Delete Base	NoBase	Boolean	item	d.DeleteBase	Drop the untouched (zero height) area of the field

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Mesh	Mesh	Mesh	item	Relief mesh

Relief Extrude

Relief operation: raises (or engraves, with a negative height) the area inside closed curves

Nickname: Extrude · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Curves	Curves	Curve	list	—	Closed curves, on or projected onto the workbench plane
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Extrusion height (negative engraves)
Feather	Feather	Number	item	d.Feather	Edge blend distance (0 = hard edge)
Enabled	On	Boolean	item	true	Include this operation in the relief
Combine Mode	Mode	Text	item	ReliefCombineMode.Add.ToString()	How the layer merges into the field: Add, Subtract, ZMax or ZMin

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Operation	Op	Generic	item	Relief operation (connect to Relief Project)

Relief Geometry

Relief operation: heights from meshes, breps or SubDs sitting over the workbench plane

Nickname: Geometry · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Geometry	Geo	Geometry	list	—	Meshes, breps or SubDs over the workbench plane
Feather	Feather	Number	item	d.Feather	Edge blend distance (0 = hard edge)
Enabled	On	Boolean	item	true	Include this operation in the relief
Combine Mode	Mode	Text	item	ReliefCombineMode.Add.ToString()	How the layer merges into the field: Add, Subtract, ZMax or ZMin

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Operation	Op	Generic	item	Relief operation (connect to Relief Project)

Relief Image

Relief operation: heights from a grayscale image (white = Height), fitted to the workbench or to the given closed curves

Nickname: Image · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Image	Image	Text	item	—	Path to the image file
Curves (optional)	Curves	Curve	list	—	Optional closed curves: the image is fitted to their bounds and clipped by them
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Height at pure white (negative engraves)
Invert	Invert	Boolean	item	d.Invert	Invert the image (black = Height)
Scale	Scale	Number	item	d.Scale	Multiplier over the fitted size
Enabled	On	Boolean	item	true	Include this operation in the relief
Combine Mode	Mode	Text	item	ReliefCombineMode.Add.ToString()	How the layer merges into the field: Add, Subtract, ZMax or ZMin

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Operation	Op	Generic	item	Relief operation (connect to Relief Project)

Relief Profile

Relief operation: puffs the area inside closed curves with a height profile (Round, Smooth, Chamfer, Plateau or a profile from your library)

Nickname: Profile · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Curves	Curves	Curve	list	—	Closed curves, on or projected onto the workbench plane
Profile	Profile	Text	item	d.Profile.Name	Profile name: Round, Smooth, Chamfer, Plateau, or one saved in the Artisan profile library
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Peak height (negative engraves)
Starting Height	H0	Number	item	d.StartingHeight	Height at the curve edge
Inflate	Inflate	Boolean	item	d.InflateMode == ReliefInflateMode.Inflate	True: the profile stretches to peak at the deepest point; false: fixed Profile Width from the edge
Profile Width	PW	Number	item	d.ProfileWidth	Profile width from the edge (when Inflate is false)
Feather	Feather	Number	item	d.Feather	Edge blend distance (0 = hard edge)
Enabled	On	Boolean	item	true	Include this operation in the relief
Combine Mode	Mode	Text	item	ReliefCombineMode.Add.ToString()	How the layer merges into the field: Add, Subtract, ZMax or ZMin

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Operation	Op	Generic	item	Relief operation (connect to Relief Project)

Relief Smooth

Relief operation: blurs the operations below it, over the whole relief or only around the given points

Nickname: Smooth · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Points (optional)	Pts	Point	list	—	Dab centres (world points on the workbench). Empty: the whole relief is smoothed
Radius	R	Number	item	2.0	Dab radius (model units)
Strength	S	Number	item	1.0	Dab strength (0-1)
Blur Radius	Blur	Number	item	d.BlurRadius	Blur kernel radius (model units)
Enabled	On	Boolean	item	true	Include this operation in the relief

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Operation	Op	Generic	item	Relief operation (connect to Relief Project)

Relief Texture

Relief operation: tiles a grayscale texture (a name from the Artisan Textures3D library, or an image path) over the workbench or inside the given closed curves

Nickname: Texture · Tab: Artisan › Relief

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Texture	Texture	Text	item	—	Texture file name in the Artisan Textures3D library (e.g. KNURL01.jpg), or a full image path
Curves (optional)	Curves	Curve	list	—	Optional closed curves: the texture is fitted to their bounds and clipped by them
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Height at pure white (negative engraves)
Invert	Invert	Boolean	item	d.Invert	Invert the texture (black = Height)
Tiles U	U	Number	item	d.TilesU	Repetitions along U
Tiles V	V	Number	item	d.TilesV	Repetitions along V
Enabled	On	Boolean	item	true	Include this operation in the relief
Combine Mode	Mode	Text	item	ReliefCombineMode.Add.ToString()	How the layer merges into the field: Add, Subtract, ZMax or ZMin

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Operation	Op	Generic	item	Relief operation (connect to Relief Project)