imagestringrequired
Photo to turn into a relief. Works best with one clear subject on a plain background. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 20 MB.
Meshy Relief
meshy/reliefMeshy Relief turns a photo into a printable 3D relief (GLB and STL) with emboss or engrave carving and an optional curved bend.
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Input
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum
Photo to turn into a relief. Works best with one clear subject on a plain background. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 20 MB.
This field is required.
Advanced settings
'low' gives slight depth and finer detail (patterns, badges, seals); 'high' gives bold, sculptural depth (pets, portraits, characters). Allowed values: low, high.
'emboss' makes nearer parts stand out; 'engrave' cuts them in. Allowed values: emboss, engrave.
20250
Length of the photo's long side in millimeters, measured flat before any bend. Range: 20 to 250.
060
Carving depth in millimeters. Defaults to 3 for 'low' and 6 for 'high'. Range: 0 to 60.
0.110
Base plate thickness in millimeters (default 1). Not allowed with remove_base. Range: 0.1 to 10.
Cut away the background and build no base plate.
Bend the relief into a convex or concave curve. Allowed values: off, convex, concave.
'xz' curls the left and right edges, 'yz' the top and bottom. Allowed values: xz, yz.
0360
Bend angle in degrees when bending is on. Range: 0 to 360.
5122048
Mesh points along the long side. At 2048 the GLB reaches about 150 MB and the STL about 300 MB. Range: 512 to 2048.
ResultIdle
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Complete the inputs, then click Run.
Meshy Relief
Meshy Relief turns a photo into a printable 3D relief (GLB and STL) with emboss or engrave carving and an optional curved bend.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
image | image URL, required | — | Photo to turn into a relief. Works best with one clear subject on a plain background. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 20 MB. |
variant | low / high | low | 'low' gives slight depth and finer detail (patterns, badges, seals); 'high' gives bold, sculptural depth (pets, portraits, characters). |
carving_mode | emboss / engrave | emboss | 'emboss' makes nearer parts stand out; 'engrave' cuts them in. |
size_mm | number 20–250 | 60 | Length of the photo's long side in millimeters, measured flat before any bend. |
carving_depth_mm | number 0–60 | — | Carving depth in millimeters. Defaults to 3 for 'low' and 6 for 'high'. |
base_thickness_mm | number 0.1–10 | — | Base plate thickness in millimeters (default 1). Not allowed with remove_base. |
remove_base | boolean | false | Cut away the background and build no base plate. |
bend_mode | off / convex / concave | off | Bend the relief into a convex or concave curve. |
bend_axis | xz / yz | xz | 'xz' curls the left and right edges, 'yz' the top and bottom. |
bend_angle | number 0–360 | 60 | Bend angle in degrees when bending is on. |
mesh_resolution | integer 512–2048 | 1024 | Mesh points along the long side. At 2048 the GLB reaches about 150 MB and the STL about 300 MB. |
Output
url: Main 3D file (GLB unless another export format is selected).thumbnail: Preview image rendered by the provider.stl: Additional file returned by the provider.depth_map: Additional file returned by the provider.
Billing
$0.80 per request. Failed runs are not charged.
Also on SandBase
Other Meshy 3D endpoints: meshy/6.0-lite/retexture, meshy/6.0/retexture, meshy/7.0/image-to-3d, meshy/7.0/multi-image-to-3d.
Start building
Send your first request
Submit this model through the SandBase Unified Run API.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "meshy/relief",
"image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/meshy/relief/input_image_0.png",
"size_mm": 60,
"variant": "low",
"bend_axis": "xz",
"bend_mode": "off",
"bend_angle": 60,
"remove_base": false,
"carving_mode": "emboss",
"mesh_resolution": 1024
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"2. Authentication
Create a SandBase API key and set it in your server environment. All requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep the key on your server. Do not expose it in browser code or commit it to a repository.
3. Queue
Submit a request
POST to /v1/run with this model ID and its inputs. The request example above includes submission and polling.
Fetch request status and result
Use the returned run ID to poll until the status is completed, failed or timeout. Read output only after completed.
curl "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$RUN_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"4. Files
Hosted files
Pass a publicly accessible file URL in the model’s image, video or audio field. Supported formats and limits are shown beside each Playground input.
Uploading images
Use the upload or replace control on supported image fields in the Playground. Video URL fields accept a hosted driving video; they do not imply video-upload support.
5. Schema
Input
size_mmnumber
Length of the photo's long side in millimeters, measured flat before any bend.
Default: 60
Minimum: 20
Maximum: 250
variantstring
'low' gives slight depth and finer detail (patterns, badges, seals); 'high' gives bold, sculptural depth (pets, portraits, characters).
Default: "low"
Possible values: "low", "high"
bend_axisstring
'xz' curls the left and right edges, 'yz' the top and bottom.
Default: "xz"
Possible values: "xz", "yz"
bend_modestring
Bend the relief into a convex or concave curve.
Default: "off"
Possible values: "off", "convex", "concave"
bend_anglenumber
Bend angle in degrees when bending is on.
Default: 60
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 360
remove_baseboolean
Cut away the background and build no base plate.
Default: false
carving_modestring
'emboss' makes nearer parts stand out; 'engrave' cuts them in.
Default: "emboss"
Possible values: "emboss", "engrave"
mesh_resolutioninteger
Mesh points along the long side. At 2048 the GLB reaches about 150 MB and the STL about 300 MB.
Default: 1024
Minimum: 512
Maximum: 2048
carving_depth_mmnumber
Carving depth in millimeters. Defaults to 3 for 'low' and 6 for 'high'.
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 60
base_thickness_mmnumber
Base plate thickness in millimeters (default 1). Not allowed with remove_base.
Minimum: 0.1
Maximum: 10
{
"model": "meshy/relief",
"image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/meshy/relief/input_image_0.png",
"size_mm": 60,
"variant": "low",
"bend_axis": "xz",
"bend_mode": "off",
"bend_angle": 60,
"remove_base": false,
"carving_mode": "emboss",
"mesh_resolution": 1024
}Output
A completed run exposes its result in output. The following is the model’s saved example, not a new generation.
No example output has been published yet. Use Playground → Result → JSON after a completed run to inspect your response.