Creating and editing imprint effects

Imprint effects refer to the effects embossing and debossing. This page explains how to create and manage these effects.

To set embossing effects

  1. On the Format menu, point to 3D Processes, and then click Embossing/Debossing.

The Imprint Appearances dialog box appears.

  1. Click New/Clone. NOTE: The Clone and the New buttons share a button. To see the alternative one, click the down arrow. To clone an embossing means to edit an existing embossing appearance, and then save the changes as a new one.

NOTE: If you need to edit an existing imprint effect, select it in the table, and then click Edit. Then, in theSurface Appearance dialog box, edit the settings.

The New Surface dialog box appears.

Name The name of the embossing appearance.

Type The type of the appearance: embossing or debossing.

Front edge Sets the front edge of the appearance. To set the front edge appearance, click the browse button , and then, in the dialog box that appears, edit the properties as you want them to be. For details, see Step 3.

Height Sets the height of the front edge relative to the main surface.

Rear edge Sets the rear edge of the appearance. To set the front edge appearance, click the browse button , and then, in the dialog box that appears, edit the properties. For details, see Step 3.

Height Sets the height of the rear edge appearance relative to the main surface.

Editing the bump shape of the imprint appearance

Click to add a new bump shape type.

Click to remove the selected bump shape type.

Fit Makes the design in the graphical area fit the current size of the area.

Zoom Launches the zooming mode for the graphical area.

Pan Launches the pan mode, in which you can move the design horizontally across the graphical area.

Turn Launches the turn mode, in which you can rotate the design.

Scene settings Opens a dialog box in which you can set the lighting of the preview area.

Presets list A list of predefined sets of settings for particular imprint appearances.

Border Width Sets the absolute width for the border profile.

Slope Offset

Height Sets Sets the absolute height of the embossing effect.

Slope Grade Sets the angle at which the embossing is shaped off the surface.

Slope Blur Width

Slope Power

  1. To adopt the settings, click OK.