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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

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #95: Design a custom 3d printed shoe sole.

This is post #2 of a series where I will be designing custom shoes that can be 3d printed, in the last post I made

By Bob 26 May 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #93: reverse engineering an stl file part 4-Autoslice Version 3

Another example of how to cut an stl into multiple slices using OpenSCAD

By Bob 18 May 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #89: making 3d printed canisters for mosaic pattern Damascus steel

An example of how to make a 3d printed shell to use in making mosaic pattern Damascus steel

By Bob 28 Apr 2024

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3d part design with OpenSCAD #88: Reverse engineering an STL file part 2

When I made post #41 there were a bunch of loose ends I wanted to tighten up and features I wanted to add so I

By Bob 26 Apr 2024

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3d Part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #87: Customizable sluicebox part 2

Part 2 of a customizable sluice box designed with Inkscape and OpenSCAD

By Bob 21 Apr 2024

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #86: Adding a pinwheel option to the universal propeller module.

Adding a pinwheel option to the universal propeller module makes some cool looking designs

By Bob 20 Apr 2024

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #85: Bending an .stl file.

A method to curve a flat stl file around a round object.

By Bob 28 Mar 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #84: Bending an SVG file.

Making a custom object with Inkscape to use with the "bend" OpenSCAD code from my last post works great, here is the modified

By Bob 24 Mar 2024

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #83: Bending text part 2.

Some improvements to the bend text module for OpenSCAD from the last post.

By Bob 23 Mar 2024

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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

By Bob 15 Mar 2024

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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

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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

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #72: A fully customizable sluice box (part 1)

A cutomizable design for a 3d printed sluice box made with OpenSCAD.

By Bob 21 Jan 2024

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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