parametric texture plates / rubbing plates

Parametric Rubbing Plates for Sketchers & Product Designers

I made these during my studies because I kept losing time hand-drawing textures. 

So I just printed the texture instead.

Place the plate under your paper, grab a pencil, and rub. 

You instantly get a repeating surface pattern that would take minutes to draw by hand.

How it works

infinite patterns in your slicer

Each plate is made from two parts in your slicer : 

a frame and an infill body.

You set the texture entirely in the slicer — no need to touch the model itself.

click the inner body, go to Object Settings → Strength → Infill Pattern & Infill Density.

Pick a pattern, set your density, and slice. 

One important thing: print the infill body without a top layer — that's what exposes the texture. 

Check the result in Preview before printing.

Patterns I've been using

• Grid — crosshatch, metal, fabric
• Lines — hatching and shading
• Hex — industrial and technical surfaces
• Concentric — surprisingly convincing wood grain

Play with the density.  I used infill density between 20 - 30%, depending on what you need

Print info

Around 50–60 g per plate. Good use for leftover filament.

I printed my plates with a 0.6 nozzle and HF PETF.

if you are using 0.4 nozzles , you might want to increase the support walls from 1 →2