An apparatus for making a structure that comprises particulate material supported or enclosed by a substrate material, including: a) a particulate material feeder for feeding particulate material to: b) a first moving endless surface with vacuum applied to its inner side, the first moving endless surface having a direction of movement and a plurality of reservoirs with suction holes in their bottom, said first moving endless surface being adjacent said feeder, said first moving endless surface and reservoirs thereof being for receiving said particulate material from said first particulate material feeder and for transferring it directly or indirectly to: c) a second moving endless surface (110, 200), being said substrate material or being a moving endless surface carrying said substrate material, for receiving said particulate material directly or indirectly from said first moving endless surface; and d) a three-dimensional plate, for applying pressure on part of said particulate material and for guiding said particulate material into said reservoirs, said plate being positioned adjacent said feeder and adjacent said first moving endless surface, said plate having a first plate face adjacent said first moving endless surface, said plate face having at least: i) a first surface area substantially parallel to said first moving endless surface, said first area being for applying pressure on said part of said particulate material present between said first surface area and said first moving endless surface; ii) a second surface area neighboring said first surface area, positioned downstream from the first surface area (in MD), said second surface area being non-parallel to said first moving endless surface and leading from said first surface area towards said first moving endless surface, said first surface area and said second surface area being connected under a rounded angle (curvature) or an angle to one another, said second surface area having an average angle with said first moving endless surface of between 10° and 80°; whereby said three dimensional plate is connected to a pressure control means for controlling the external pressure applied by said three-dimensional plate on said particulate material. a) a particulate material feeder for feeding particulate material to: b) a first moving endless surface with vacuum applied to its inner side, the first moving endless surface having a direction of movement and a plurality of reservoirs with suction holes in their bottom, said first moving endless surface being adjacent said feeder, said first moving endless surface and reservoirs thereof being for receiving said particulate material from said first particulate material feeder and for transferring it directly or indirectly to: c) a second moving endless surface (110, 200), being said substrate material or being a moving endless surface carrying said substrate material, for receiving said particulate material directly or indirectly from said first moving endless surface; and d) a three-dimensional plate, for applying pressure on part of said particulate material and for guiding said particulate material into said reservoirs, said plate being positioned adjacent said feeder and adjacent said first moving endless surface, said plate having a first plate face adjacent said first moving endless surface, said plate face having at least: i) a first surface area substantially parallel to said first moving endless surface, said first area being for applying pressure on said part of said particulate material present between said first surface area and said first moving endless surface; ii) a second surface area neighboring said first surface area, positioned downstream from the first surface area (in MD), said second surface area being non-parallel to said first moving endless surface and leading from said first surface area towards said first moving endless surface, said first surface area and said second surface area being connected under a rounded angle (curvature) or an angle to one another, said second surface area having an average angle with said first moving endless surface of between 10° and 80°; i) a first surface area substantially parallel to said first moving endless surface, said first area being for applying pressure on said part of said particulate material present between said first surface area and said first moving endless surface; ii) a second surface area neighboring said first surface area, positioned downstream from the first surface area (in MD), said second surface area being non-parallel to said first moving endless surface and leading from said first surface area towards said first moving endless surface, said first surface area and said second surface area being connected under a rounded angle (curvature) or an angle to one another, said second surface area having an average angle with said first moving endless surface of between 10° and 80°;