I use blender for editing STLs. Import your files, overlay them where you want them, select both objects, apply the boolean to subtract differences. This should cut the images out of the disc as a negative. Export as STL.
I'll give that a try, thanks, figured it'd be something straightforward!
For simple stuff like this I'll usually just do it in the slicer. Orca and Prusa slicer have some basic tools for this including using SVGs.
Yeah that's how I did the mockup, I use superslicer on one printer and prusaslicer on the other so was hoping I could do something that'd be able to port between them easily.
On that thought, superslicer being based on prusa slicer, wonder if I could just import the project like I've done with filament profiles. Thanks!
You could also probably use Inkscape to get DXF files for both sides of the coin, making sure the size is right and that the path accommodates the width of your letters/strokes. Then, hypothetically, you should be able to import the files as drafts and then convert them to sketches with the press of a button (in reality, this crashes FreeCAD for me lately, but it could be a quirk of my setup). If you've already modeled the coin itself and use the new sketches to pocket into the existing solid, IIRC it should work okay. FreeCAD would not extrude a non-contiguous sketch into multiple solids, but I think it's fine as long as the end result is still a single body.
Yeah I used inkscape for the image dxf, good thought on the text. I'll try it in freecad again, had it die on me a few times so I started looking into alternates, thanks!
https://github.com/MatterHackers/MatterControl
Creating 3d vector images is really easy with this. Is also a lot sleeker than Blender.
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