3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #110: "sculpting" with OpenSCAD?

intersection() is a really cool way to add some more capabilities to your code, here is an example of how you can take some basic

By Bob 22 Dec 2024

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #109: adding SVG import capability to the slotted disk module.

For the slotted disk module I made in the last post to be fully customizable it needed the capability to add any pattern you want

By Bob 2 Dec 2024

3D part design with OpenSCAD # 108: making a customizable slotted disk.

Being able to make slots that are evenly spaced around a disk is pretty useful for making machines and timing a rotating object. Here is

By Bob 2 Dec 2024

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

3d Printed

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

OpenScad

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