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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenScad #30: Easy way to add accurate scale marks to a bed template

An easy way to make a ruler or add scale marks using Inkscape

By Bob 4 Sep 2022

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenScad #29: fancy gears

An easy way to make 3d printable gears using Inkscape and Openscad.

By Bob 31 Aug 2022

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3d Part design with Inkscape and Openscad #28: stackable trays

An easy way to make different shaped trays with Inkscape and OpenScad

By Bob 6 Aug 2022

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3D part design with Inkscape and Openscad #27: Using Kicad to make a pcb stencil

There are several ways to make printed circuit boards at home, here is an example of an easy way to use a 3d printer to

By Bob 25 Jul 2022

3D part design with Inkscape and openscad #26 : Filter Funnel

It's pretty easy to make any shape or size of funnel with Inkscape and OpenScad, here is an example of a funnel with

By Bob 4 Jun 2022

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3d part design with Inkscape and OpenScad #25- Barbed fittings

An easy way to design barbed fittings with Inkscape and OpenScad.

By Bob 23 May 2022

3D part design with OpenScad #24-Adding text capabilities to the pipe fitting module

I wanted to be able to mark the size of the different branches,so I added the capability to the pipe fitting module: I added

By Bob 21 May 2022

3d part design with Openscad #22: Basket module

Copy and paste this code into the editor pane in Openscad: /* [Basket] */ Show_Basket = true; Height = 100 ; //[1:.1:400] Diameter = 100 ; //[1:.1:400]

By Bob 6 Apr 2022

3D Part design with Inkscape and Openscad #21:Recessed grid

Another example of how to use the customizer in Openscad and a dxf file from Inkscape to make an object for 3D printing.

By Bob 11 Nov 2021

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3d Part design with Inkscape and Openscad part 20: Dxf grid.

I was going to add a dxf import to the grid design module, but with the interesting grids you are able to design  I decided

By Bob 26 Jun 2021

3d part design with Inkscape and Openscad part 11: Fancy Fonts

An example of how to make 3d text with OpenScad.

By Bob 11 Apr 2021

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3D part design with Inkscape and Openscad part 4: Measurements and precision

An example of how to set the range precision in the OpenSCAD customizer.

By Bob 19 Mar 2021

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3D part design with Inkscape and Openscad part 1: Making a custom Inkscape template for your 3d printer

Part one: Customizing an Inkscape template for your 3d printer There are a lot of software options for designing 3d objects for 3d printing, most

By Bob 12 Mar 2021