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A 3D-Printed Business Card Embosser

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97 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 17 Sep 25 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mikepurvis ◴[20 Sep 25 03:11 UTC] No.45309951[source]▶
It would be interesting to try to have actual registration so that the embossed design can interact with the printed copy rather that just being an arbitrary background decoration.
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ugh123 ◴[20 Sep 25 04:15 UTC] No.45310305[source]▶
The way I understand your comment is you could have a scene or objects printed on a card, then line up an embossed design over the print to create depth or imprint specific areas of the print creating various effects. That would be interesting
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em-bee ◴[20 Sep 25 06:38 UTC] No.45311008[source]▶
also a tool that generates the emboss pattern based on the design of the card. so that for example a logo on the card gets embossed.
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1. ginko ◴[20 Sep 25 10:06 UTC] No.45311964[source]▶
I think it should be relatively straightforward to set up something like that with build123d[1]. You can load the emboss pattern from an SVG and project it on the surface of a cylinder with `project_faces()`[2]. Some positive/negative extrusion and some added keyholes and you're done.

[1] https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

[2] https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/direct_api_refere...