{"id":28,"date":"2015-09-03T23:56:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T23:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:11:43","slug":"embossed-and-engraved-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Embossed and Engraved Details (#2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=22\">last post <\/a>I talked about two material that can be used to print 3D models, WSF and FUD, and two features found on 3D models, Walls and Wires.\u00a0 There are three more concepts that you have to consider when designing a 3D model, Embossed Details, Engraved Details and Clearance between parts.\u00a0 Their names are fairly self explanatory.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>An embossed\u00a0detail sticks up, and generally cannot stick out further than it is wide.\u00a0 If it is higher than it is\u00a0wide it becomes a wall or wire depending on it&#8217;s shape.\u00a0 An engraved detail goes into the surface, again not deeper than it is wide.\u00a0 If it goes deeper than it is wide it&#8217;s\u00a0printability is determined by the clearance between the parts.\u00a0 Take a look at this computer render of an HO Scale Donkey Engine and Logging Pulleys:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/donkey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/donkey.jpg\" alt=\"donkey\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/donkey.jpg 500w, http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/donkey-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The bolt heads stick up, and are embossed details.\u00a0 The space between the gear teeth goes down, and are engraved details (although you could say it&#8217;s the teeth that are sticking up).\u00a0 Each pulley has several stacked plates.\u00a0 The distance between he plates is the clearance.\u00a0 In fact, on some of the pulleys the clevis are actually separate parts that interlock with the pulleys, and move.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pulleys.png\" alt=\"pulleys\" width=\"500\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pulleys.png 500w, http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pulleys-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/>To give an idea of size, here are a couple of pulleys sitting on a US Quarter.\u00a0 If you check the chart from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last post <\/a>(or the <a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metric version<\/a>) for the FUD material you will see the sizes allowed in the various scales for embossed and engraved detail, and the clearance required between parts.\u00a0 On these HO scale pulleys, you only need about .2 scale inches.\u00a0 Yes, that&#8217;s a decimal point in front of the &#8220;2.&#8221;\u00a0That\u00a0miniscule minimum clearance\u00a0is why the clevises can move.<\/p>\n<p>That gives us enough background to start talking about the actual design process.\u00a0 Next time we will actually begin designing a\u00a03D scale\u00a0model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last post I talked about two material that can be used to print 3D models, WSF and FUD, and two features found on 3D models, Walls and Wires.\u00a0 There are three more concepts that you have to consider when designing a 3D model, Embossed Details, Engraved Details and Clearance between parts.\u00a0 Their names &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/?p=28\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Embossed and Engraved Details (#2)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dcyale.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}