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Template library

Parametric wall templates: 30 design ideas you can cut

A parametric wall is a relief built from thin slats: each slat follows one slice of a 3D surface, and side by side they redraw the pattern. These 30 templates are ready-made surfaces, sorted below by look. Each one opens in the free studio, where you set the wall size, slat spacing and relief depth, then export DXF, SVG, G-code, STL or STEP files. Every template page lists the slat count, sheet count and machining time the engine computes at the default size.

01 · 7 templates

Waves and swell

Crests that roll across the whole wall, from one slow swell to layered folds and fine linear ribs. The movement runs along the room, so these designs suit long walls behind a sofa, a bed or a reception desk. Deep swells need wider slat blanks, so they take more sheets than shallow ribs.

02 · 11 templates

Ripples, rings and radial patterns

Rings, ripples, spirals and rays that grow from one or more centres. A radial design gives the wall a focal point, which works above a fireplace, behind a headboard or at the end of a corridor. Each slat crosses the pattern at a different place, so the profiles change from one slat to the next and the engraved labels guide assembly.

03 · 8 templates

Geometric and op-art

Repeating cells, checkers, diamonds and moiré rings that play with light as much as with depth. Under raking light the facets switch between bright and dark as you walk past, which is the op-art effect. They fit modern interiors, offices and shop fronts, and a dark or painted finish strengthens the contrast.

04 · 3 templates

Domes, bubbles and organic relief

Soft domes, overlapping bubbles and noise-based dunes with no obvious repetition. They read as sculpture rather than pattern, so they work best as a single feature wall with a lamp or a window grazing the surface. Their relief is broad and smooth, which keeps the slat outlines easy to cut and sand.

05 · 1 template

Lettering

Raised letters carved across the slats: a name, a word or a short slogan typed in the studio. For a photo, a face or a detailed logo, the studio turns an image into a heightmap instead.

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