These look absolutely fantastic @me-shell, great work! Can't wait to see the final milled coins if that's the route we take - I have the feeling they're going to be something special :)
The final designs are still up for some debate, but it sounds like you can tweak the above models quite easily? The current proposed front is as shown:
The back is still up for debate, hopefully we'll have some consensus on this shortly. The new logo does look great on the coin up there though :) but I think the community are favouring something like the following, which directly refers to BOINC and contains some interesting Gridcoin stats (genesis block date, total Team Gridcoin BOINC credit, credit per day and average credit):
Do let us know what you think!
The new designs are not difficult to alter on the model it just takes time. The artwork took the most time but scaling it down to the smaller circle (should be) relatively fast.
What I did notice is that on your images I am assuming the white is popped out, the grey is mid level and the black is a full indent. I just realised for our model for the logo it is currently opposite. Take the helix for example in mine it is popped out and yours it would be inlayed. Which would you prefer? I personally like it the way I did it but again it is relatively easy to change.
I'm honestly easy either way - whichever works easiest for the milling / printing process! Your models look fantastic, so it's whatever works best for you. Would you like vector copies of the files too to speed up the process?
I also love how the new helix logo looks on the reverse side of the coin! We'll have to see what the community decides on, but I may have to commission a copy of that just for myself :)
Both options are equivalent for printing and/or milling. It really makes no difference to the finish.
Perfect, thanks @dutch!
That would be easy. I do like the new logo also! I converted the images to vector files already from what @Dutch gave me but Solidworks didn't accept them.
Was Solidworks just not playing nicely with them? Give me a shout if there's anything I can provide to help, I keep most of the files with me on Google Drive, so should have ready access to whatever you need.
me-shell is off converting the model to a .stl for printing atm. With regards to vector files, Solidworks does not do well with them. However, many design programs let you export images as a .dxf or a .dwg. Can you get either of those formats? It would speed things up.
I certainly can - both of those are options for Export in Illustrator, just give me a heads up about which designs you'd like.
The ones the community selects. =P