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Fabric texture

Herringbone Weave texture for 3D printing

Herringbone Weave creates a reversing chevron textile structure for upholstery, clothing props and soft-product prototypes.

Herringbone Weave grayscale height map for 3D printing — Flat height map

Herringbone Weave texture previewed as relief on a cylinder — Relief preview on a curved surface

Printable texture guide

How to use Herringbone Weave on a 3D print

Herringbone Weave creates a reversing chevron textile structure for upholstery, clothing props and soft-product prototypes.

Where it works well

miniature upholstery
clothing and fabric props
soft-product surface prototypes

Keep the chevrons aligned to the visual cut of the fabric and leave infinite variation off because the repeat is structural. A shallow relief prevents the weave from reading as tread plate. On curved forms, use surface mapping and inspect chevron distortion around poles.

Limitations

At the default 24 mm tile, the narrow thread gaps fall below what a 0.4 mm nozzle resolves. Enlarge the tile to about 35 mm or reduce Thread Count, then verify the chevrons remain separated in the slice. Rigid geometry cannot reproduce fabric flexibility, fibre colour or drape.

Adjustable controls

Control	Range	Default
Thread Count	8–64	8
Zigzag Repeat	2–12	6
Thread Gap	0.02–0.45	0.1
Thread Bow	0.1–1	0.58

Apply it in Reskin3D

Open a watertight STL or 3MF and select only the surface that should receive the texture.
Use Herringbone Weave, start with the settings above, then orbit the full model to inspect seams and protected faces.
Bake the layer, export STL or 3MF, and inspect the actual sliced toolpaths before committing to a long print.

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