Relief Engine
AI Depth + Detail
DEPTH2BEAM
Laptop & Desktop Only · No Mobile
Relief & Layered Fabrication Studio
From flat image to sculpted relief.
Depth2Beam turns a piece of artwork or a text prompt into a laser-ready height map — then exports it as a single relief, a stacked layer set, or a full LightBurn project.
Free local engines included
Relief Generator & AI Depth refinement use credits
STL / 8-bit & true 16-bit height map / layered export
DEPTH JOB CONSOLEREADY
Resolution
1254 × 1254
Preview Mode
Lit Relief
Mission Status
Relief Ready
Export
Height Map · STL · Layered SVG/DXF · .lbrn2
Four Ways In
Every relief starts with the right engine.
Depth2Beam doesn't force every image through the same math. Pick the local engine that matches your source — or skip the source entirely and generate one.
01 / Classic
Shape
Distance-transform relief for flat 2D illustrations, logos, and crests — carves outward from the silhouette rather than reading grayscale tone.
Free02 / Classic
Blend
Layers a grayscale-luminance read of shading and texture on top of Shape's silhouette dome, with Detail Strength, Denoise, and a Luminance Curve to tune it. Built for artwork that's mostly flat graphic but carries real shading or engraved-style detail — not for real photographs.
Free03 / Auto
Auto Prep
Tell it whether your artwork is Logo/Crest or Mixed and it picks the engine and settings for you. A real photo or portrait upload is detected and blocked with a message instead of forced through the wrong math.
Free04 / Generative
Relief Generator
No source image? Describe a subject — an owl, a stag, a crest — and Depth2Beam's diffusion + relief-style model carves a sculpted medallion depth map directly from the prompt. Switch on an automatic AI Depth refinement pass (optionally with a Surface Detail texture layer) and a cloud depth-estimation model adds finer depth detail to the generated image. Export the result as a 16-bit height map; no image upload is needed for this workflow. The dedicated Coin Depth Maps workflow is this same generator, locked to a round medallion composition.
4 credits / generation, +1 with AI Depth refinementFree Download
100 free prompts for the Relief Generator.
Not sure what to type? Grab 100 ready-to-use relief prompts for coins, medallions, plaques and stacked-layer pieces: wildlife, pets, military, first responders, fantasy, faith, nautical, Celtic and holidays. Each one comes with the Border ring, Composition, Background and workflow to pick.
Export & Fabrication
One relief, eight ways out.
Shape it to a panel, then choose how it becomes something physical — a 3D model, a set of cut-and-stacked layers, a single piece engraved in multiple passes, or a true 16-bit height map for maximum precision.
Prompt to Coin
Coin Depth Maps
The most focused of Depth2Beam's three workflows — describe a design in the Relief Generator and get back nothing but a coin-cropped depth map. No upload step, no other export options; just a prompt and a round medallion height map.
Details →Shape It
Panel Shapes
Crop straight to a coin, coaster, or custom panel preset, add a raised or recessed rim/bezel, and preview it live before export. No separate CAD step.
Details →3D & Modeling
Interactive 3D & STL
A rotating, true-to-scale 3D preview with real millimeter dimensions — export an .STL for CNC, 3D printing, or molds.
Details →Cut & Stack Fabrication
Stacked Layers
Posterize the relief into cut-layers with kerf compensation and registration marks — cut from plywood, cardstock, or acrylic and physically stack them.
Details →Single-Material Engraving Beta
Layered Relief
One LightBurn project, one depth band per layer, each with its own power/speed/passes — with a material-and-wattage-aware auto profile to start from.
Details →Also from the Image2Beam family
Want the image to look like it breaks out of the wood?
Illusion2Beam makes perspective-based 3D illusion artwork for flat laser engraving. Preview the scene, tune its shadows, and export a grayscale engraving file with an optional cut line. Your AI credits are shared between the two studios.
Why Credits
Free engines stay free. AI generation has a real cost.
Shape and Blend are unlimited and free. The Relief Generator calls a real cloud diffusion model per generation — 4 credits — and its optional AI Depth refinement pass adds 1 more, drawing from the same shared AI credit allowance.