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3Dpart design with OpenSCAD #107: Puffy text.

Recently I was experimenting with a way to expand certain items using a move-able "pillow" shape so I can make some different designs

By Bob 8 Nov 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #106: Making nice curves.

Sometimes it's nice to smooth out a corner where two objects meet and Inkscape has some tools to make this pretty easy. Here

By Bob 27 Oct 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #105: A handy use for minkowski()

I was experimenting with a way to turn a flat 2D line into a round 3D line and minkowski works great for this, here is

By Bob 20 Oct 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #104: Inkscape tip-adjusting multiple nodes at the same time

Once in a while I make a design and I want to round the corners or just specific corners so they have the same radius

By Bob 19 Oct 2024

3D part design with OpenSCAD #103: grabbing an outline from an stl file with offset()

After making the last post I was experimenting with a way to grab an outline from any area of an stl file to use for

By Bob 12 Oct 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD#102: put a fillet or chamfer around anything.

A few posts back I added an option to do a fillet or chamfer with svg layers imported from Inkscape, but it lacked the capability

By Bob 24 Sep 2024

3D part design with OpenSCAD #101: Using roof to make a tapered countersink screw hole.

Making a tapered countersink hole for a screw is pretty easy using roof, here is an example: // Taper=true; Taper_adjust=10;//[.01:.01:100]

By Bob 23 Aug 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD # 100: Using a non planar slicer to generate gcode for a cnc?

This post is about an experiment I tried to see if I could use a slicer like slic3r or orca slicer to generate gcode for

By Bob 7 Aug 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #99: STL to CNC part 2, using multiple layers with gcodetools.

In the last post I set up a basic svg file as an introduction to the  gcode tools extension , in this post I'm

By Bob 4 Jul 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD # 98: STL to CNC part 1.

It's pretty easy to use Inkscape and OpenSCAD to turn an STL file into a gcode file for a cnc machine. In this

By Bob 29 Jun 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD#97: SVG tube perforate module.

Previously I made a module that you could use to perforate different shaped holes in a tube to make an interesting design, these used dxf

By Bob 19 Jun 2024

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3D part design with OpenSCAD # 96: You don't have to be a "programmer" to make models with OpenSCAD

A few tips for anyone that is new to OpenSCAD

By Bob 15 Jun 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #95: Design a custom 3d printed shoe sole.

This is post #2 of a series where I will be designing custom shoes that can be 3d printed, in the last post I made

By Bob 26 May 2024

3d Printed

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #94: Using minkowski() to hollow out complex shapes.

I recently set out to design a pair of shoes with Inkscape and OpenSCAD and wanted a simple way to make a shell out of

By Bob 25 May 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #93: reverse engineering an stl file part 4-Autoslice Version 3

Another example of how to cut an stl into multiple slices using OpenSCAD

By Bob 18 May 2024