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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 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

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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#92: Reverse Engineering an stl file part 3: Automating with animation

By adding the $t command in a few places I was able to automate the slicer module I made in post #88 so it will

By Bob 11 May 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #91: make a pegboard any shape you want.

After I made the pegboard module in post # 61 I decided to make a way to cut it out to any shape I wanted so

By Bob 10 May 2024

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #90: adding extrude scale to the svg import modules.

One of the options I had neglected to add to the svg import modules was the ability to automate the scale option in linear extrude

By Bob 3 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 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

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 OpenSCAD #82: bending text around a cylinder.

And example of how to bend text around a cylinder in OpenSCAD.

By Bob 22 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 plotter to

By Bob 15 Mar 2024