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3D part design with OpenSCAD #132: creating an"exoskeleton" support structure for printing.

While I was experimenting with .3mf file export it occurred to me that you could use one part of the file to create an external

By Bob 6 Jul 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #131: 3D fill

Recently I needed to fill the inside of a hollow print, the fill() option works for 2d objects but not for 3d objects, after some

By Bob 6 Jul 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #130: Ventilator-Version 1.

Since I have been working on a way to design shoes with OpenSCAD I have been experimenting with ways to make the outside of the

By Bob 4 Jul 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #129: adding some features to the "hollowout" module

In post #94 : 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #94: Using minkowski() to hollow out complex shapes.I recently set out to design a

By Bob 15 Jun 2025

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD # 128: OpenSCAD autotrace part 2, cleaning up the trace.

The auto trace module from the last post works really well but requires some clean up and here is an easy way to do that.

By Bob 25 May 2025

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD#127: Autotrace with OpenSCAD

You actually can use OpenSCAD to "auto trace" .png images, and with some fine tuning the results are not bad and are similar

By Bob 24 May 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #126 : experimenting with fresnel lens design.

A while back I made a module for concentric rings and it reminded me of a fresnel lens, so I added a few customizations to

By Bob 18 May 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD#125: multiple export files from a single design.

In the last two posts I covered an easy way to split large files into multiple parts with an svg file so they could be

By Bob 26 Apr 2025

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #124: More details on making "cut" SVGs with Inkscape

I try to keep my posts as simple as possible so anyone with any amount of experience with the software can follow the code and

By Bob 20 Apr 2025

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD#123: Unlimited stl cutter and splice joints any shape you can imagine.

Slicing an stl file that is too big for your printer can be done with many slicing programs but I wanted a way to make

By Bob 18 Apr 2025

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #122: Textured text.

After a quick search I didn't see many options for adding a texture to the surface of text so I made one. This

By Bob 13 Apr 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #121: Electronics enclosure helper.

Lining up the holes for different ports on an enclosure can be tedious, here is a helper program made with OpenSCAD that helps to align

By Bob 6 Apr 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #120: Transparency trick

Sometimes it's helpful to "see into" your design to align objects or make sure they overlap properly, and while you can

By Bob 31 Mar 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #119: Adding a few more features to the text outliner code.

After experimenting with the text outliner I wanted to add some things like selecting the color from a drop down list, being able to make

By Bob 21 Mar 2025

3D part design with OpenSCAD #118: Text outliner.

Sometimes it's nice to have outlined text for making signs with letters that really stand out, I didn't see any that

By Bob 20 Mar 2025