Openscad Customizer

A collection of 42 posts

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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 files or an stl file: 3d part design with Inkscape and Openscad #43: Revisiting the perforate moduleA revisit to the tube perforate module to modify

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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 a module for OpenSCAD that I could use to make the top part of a shoe. The first step is to import the outline of

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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

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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

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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 decided to take a couple of minutes this morning and see what I could come up with and I think it is much more functional

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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

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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

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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.

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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 code: /*[Bend SVG]*/ Path_to_SVG_File="/home/none3/Desktop/drawing.svg"; bend=103.5;//[-360:.01:360] tilt_angle=0;//[0:.01:

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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.

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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 plotter to make a sine wave pattern like I did in post #64 to make the shape of the bellows, first you make a rectangle

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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.

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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 template it increases the speed of the workflow quite a bit. Here is an addition I made to the svg layer import code so I

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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.

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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 is fast on the new development builds and the steps in the for loop can be adjusted to make a super smooth spiral. Update: I

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #70: coiled tube module.

A simple example of how to make a coiled tube with OpenScad that can be 3d printed.

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #69: Combining the bearing module with the Halbach module

Using OpenSCAD to make a 3d printed magnetic bearing or flat actuator.

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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

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Using OpenSCAD and Gimp to make 3d objects for video

If you have ever wanted to add your 3D models to a video here is a simple method to do that.

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #66: Circular text.

An example of how to make flat text on a circle using OpenScad.

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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.

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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.

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #62 : High quality Lithophanes

An example of how to make a high quality lithophane with OpenScad.

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3d part design with OpenSCAD #61: a universal pegboard/perfboard module

An example of a perfboard module for OpenScad

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #60: a module for making 3d printable Halbach arrays.

A module for OpenScad to 3d print a frame to hold magnets for a Halbach array.