Sign-generator-openscad

Sign-generator-openscad

So I am waiting for a Printrbot.

I wanted something simple to print out as my first print. I really liked the http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14728 Printrbot ID with number on thingiverse.com. I downloaded the files and played with it, but I wanted to customise it a little more.

Have looked around at https://www.google.com/search?q=openscad+3d+text+tutorial openscad 3d text tutorials, I wanted something that was really simple to use, so here it is:-

http://sign-generator.b9c.org/

Go to New Sign enter some text, some dimensions, look at the preview - download the files. Viola.

How it works: Django applcaiton. The text is made in to a SVG graphics file. Using inkscape, the SVG is converted to a eps files - and a PNG used for previewing. The eps is then converted to dxf using pstoedit. The a text files is generated for OpendSCAD which extrudes the dxf file. Further details can be gained from the sources files - http://code.google.com/p/sign-ge