3d Printed 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #81: Designing custom bellows. If you are trying to make bellows or a speaker cone here is an easy way to do that. I'm using the function plotter to By Bob 15 Mar 2024
3D Printing 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #77: More with the shape builder tool and checking dimensions before 3d printing. In the last post I used the shape builder tool in Inkscape to do some basic addition and subtraction of objects, in this post I'm By Bob 1 Mar 2024
3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD#76: Using the new Inkscape 1.3.x shape builder tool. An example of how to use the shape builder tool to make objects to be 3d printed. By Bob 19 Feb 2024
3D Printing 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #75: using guidelines for precise object positioning. An example of how to use guidelines with Inkscape to precisely position objects. By Bob 9 Feb 2024
3d Printed 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #74: adding fillet and chamfer to the SVG import modules. An example of how to add fillet and chamfer capabilities to an SVG layer that was imported into OpenSCAD. By Bob 27 Jan 2024
3D Printing 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #73: automating difference() with the customizer. Being able to click a box and add or subtract an object from a project is pretty handy, and combined with the svg layer import By Bob 26 Jan 2024
3d Printed 3d part design with OpenScad #71: Using hull and spheres to make a slinky and improve the thread module. I was experimenting with using a sphere for the thread module to see what the results looked like and it works really well, the rendering By Bob 13 Jan 2024
3D Printing 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #68: Using SVG layers with the customizer. An example of how to import layers from an Inkscape SVG file and make a 3d object with OpenSCAD By Bob 3 Dec 2023
3d Printed 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #64: making corrugated riffles for a sluice box. An easy way to make a corrugated panel with holes using Inkscape and OpenScad. By Bob 24 Sep 2023
Inkscape 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #63: making a custom shaped lithophane. An example of how to make a custom shaped lithophane using Inkscape and OpenScad. By Bob 22 Sep 2023
3d Printed 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #58: Using KiCad, OpenScad and InkScape to make a solder free 3D printed circuit board. A method to make a printed circuit board with a 3d printer. By Bob 1 Jul 2023
3d Printed 3D part design with Inkscape and OpenScad #55: combining intersection with surface. A module for OpenScad that uses a .png file made with InkScape to add interesting designs to curved objects By Bob 9 Jun 2023
3d Printed 3D Part design with Inkscape and OpenScad #54: DXF dimples An example of how to add a DXF made in Inkscape to the surface of a sphere By Bob 3 Jun 2023
3d Printed 3d part design with OpenScad #53: Text on difficult objects. Here's an easy way to add text to odd shaped objects and make it conform to the shape of the object, basically it involves making By Bob 28 May 2023
3D Printing 3D part design with Inkscape and Openscad #52: Making sweep bends for 3d printed tubing. Sometimes it's handy to have a bend with a larger radius when you need to go around something or pull a wire through it, so By Bob 21 May 2023