Coin & Bas-Relief Design for Minting

What this workflow supports

• What bas relief means in coin design
• Minting and manufacturing constraints
• Image, vector, and hybrid workflows
• STL, depth map, and CAD-adjacent file formats

What is bas relief in coin design?

Bas relief is a sculptural technique where forms rise only slightly from a flat background. Coin relief has to stay shallow and readable.

• Keep the most important silhouettes readable at the final diameter
• Avoid undercuts and abrupt transitions in early relief concepts
• Treat file export as a handoff to a vendor, CAM tool, or prototype workflow

Manufacturing-ready outputs

MintForged outputs formats suitable for production review, including STL files, depth maps, and setup notes.

• Use STL for mesh inspection, slicers, and prototype review
• Use depth maps for workflows that start from grayscale depth
• Use setup notes to keep units and dimensions with the exported files