Make a custom medal to 3D print.
6 shapes, a big number, text round the edge, a ribbon slot.
The Medals generator makes a medal on a ribbon or a cord: round, octagon, decagon, hexagon, rosette or shield. A big number or word sits in the middle - an age, a place, a year - with its characters in one colour or taking turns in two. Text runs round the edge, a laurel or stars frame the centre, and a raised rim holds it all. A team or a race list becomes one batch, a medal per name.
Examples
How to make a medal
Pick the shape and size
Six shapes, 40 to 110 mm across.
Set the centre
A number or a word up to 60 mm tall, in one colour or two in turn, and a line under it.
Write round the edge
An event at the top, a name or a date at the bottom.
Hang it
A slot for the ribbon you will thread (medal ribbons are 20 to 25 mm), or a ring hole.
Make the whole list
One medal per name in a batch.
Printing tips
The 3MF keeps each colour as its own object, so a printer with automatic filament changes (such as a Bambu Lab AMS) prints it in one go. With one colour, print every object in the same filament.
Questions
What ribbon does it take?
Set the slot to your ribbon, 10 to 40 mm; medal ribbons are usually 20 to 25 mm.
Can I make one for every name on a list?
Yes. Batches take a list of names (pasted or from a spreadsheet) and build one print-ready file per name in the same design.
Can each digit be a different colour?
Yes: the characters take turns in two colours.
What file do I get?
A 3MF, which keeps each colour as its own object for a multi-colour printer, or an STL. Every file is checked before it downloads: closed (watertight) geometry, a single shell and walls thick enough to print.
Is it free?
The free plan gives 3 designs a month on each generator. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence.
Licence
On the Free and Maker plans you may print your designs for yourself and as gifts, not for sale. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence and a licence certificate for each design. Pieces made during the free beta, before paid plans launched, may still be sold on the terms of that time. The exported files themselves can never be resold or redistributed, on any plan.
This is a summary. Read Can I sell rings I 3D print with Morcano? and the Terms, which are the authoritative text.
