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Bob

Bob

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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
3D part design with OpenSCAD #117: Color Picker

3D part design with OpenSCAD #117: Color Picker

If you ever need to select a large number of names from a list OpenSCAD has an easy way to do this. Here is a
By Bob 22 Feb 2025
3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD # 116: Getting bounding box information from multiple objects.

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD # 116: Getting bounding box information from multiple objects.

When you import multiple objects into OpenSCAD there is an easy way to get the individual bounding box information for each object by simply showing
By Bob 15 Feb 2025
3D part design with OpenSCAD#115 : Auto center an stl file.

3D part design with OpenSCAD#115 : Auto center an stl file.

A few days ago I saw a post by krysus on reddit that showed a really neat way to automatically center an stl: Any protip
By Bob 6 Feb 2025
3D part design with OpenSCAD # 114: centering an stl file.

3D part design with OpenSCAD # 114: centering an stl file.

Sometimes you get an stl file that someone else has designed and it is not centered or you want to center two files and it
By Bob 2 Feb 2025

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