marking parts
Greetings all;
Where can I find a good tut on putting a text module together?
I am making the nuts for a woodworking vise but the nuts need to be
custom sized because the screw is cut from hard maple on a milling machine
with a teeny 1/16" ball nose bit doing the carving at about 20 grand rpm.
I'm currently in the 4th generation of tooth style for a buttress thread,
and in the process of making a series of nuts whose sizes vary by 1mm steps.
I need to inlay that 4+3.0 info, with a max of 5 small characters, in
the area
between the OD of the thread and the outer wall of the box containing the
thread.
I can do that after rotate,translate etc to place it, but have not found
a tut in the online manual that addresses how to convert the text into a
module I can include in a difference list.
if interested:
You can see a .png of the half nut at the link in my sig. In
"6040-stf/vise-screw-pix/new-buttress_vise_bolt_nut4+3.png"
A couple .jpg's of the screw and nut are there too.
Thanks all.
Take care & stay well.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
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Gene,
text() once you choose the parameters you want, is just the same as any other geometric object,
just more detailed curves etc.
text() is a 2D outline.
Use linear_extrude() to give it 3D height.
Then difference() or union(), after translate()/rotate()/etc to where you want it.
Think about inlay/emboss a cylinder(), doing the same with extruded text() is just the same.
-----Original Message-----
From: gene heskett [mailto:gheskett@shentel.net]
Sent: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 23:50
To: discuss@lists.openscad.org
Subject: [OpenSCAD] marking parts
Greetings all;
Where can I find a good tut on putting a text module together?
I am making the nuts for a woodworking vise but the nuts need to be
custom sized because the screw is cut from hard maple on a milling machine
with a teeny 1/16" ball nose bit doing the carving at about 20 grand rpm.
I'm currently in the 4th generation of tooth style for a buttress thread,
and in the process of making a series of nuts whose sizes vary by 1mm steps.
I need to inlay that 4+3.0 info, with a max of 5 small characters, in
the area
between the OD of the thread and the outer wall of the box containing the
thread.
I can do that after rotate,translate etc to place it, but have not found
a tut in the online manual that addresses how to convert the text into a
module I can include in a difference list.
if interested:
You can see a .png of the half nut at the link in my sig. In
"6040-stf/vise-screw-pix/new-buttress_vise_bolt_nut4+3.png"
A couple .jpg's of the screw and nut are there too.
Thanks all.
Take care & stay well.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
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On 7/1/22 10:10, Michael Marx wrote:
Gene,
text() once you choose the parameters you want, is just the same as any other geometric object,
just more detailed curves etc.
text() is a 2D outline.
That's why I missed it, was thinking 3d
Use linear_extrude() to give it 3D height.
Then difference() or union(), after translate()/rotate()/etc to where you want it.
Think about inlay/emboss a cylinder(), doing the same with extruded text() is just the same.
That was one of the reasons I chose where I did, its flat and face up on
the build plate
as I put the back of the nut on the plate in cura.
Convexity looks like a problem with text, is it?
Thanks Michael. Take care and stay well.
if interested:
You can see a .png of the half nut at the link in my sig. In
"6040-stf/vise-screw-pix/new-buttress_vise_bolt_nut4+3.png"
A couple .jpg's of the screw and nut are there too.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/
Convexity is only related to preview, got to actual geometry.
I believe each letter (or at least those that don’t flow together) is a separate entity re convexity. But convexity=10 is usually OK.
-----Original Message-----
From: gene heskett [mailto:gheskett@shentel.net]
Sent: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:28
To: discuss@lists.openscad.org
Subject: [OpenSCAD] Re: marking parts
On 7/1/22 10:10, Michael Marx wrote:
Gene,
text() once you choose the parameters you want, is just the same as any other geometric
object,
just more detailed curves etc.
text() is a 2D outline.
That's why I missed it, was thinking 3d
Use linear_extrude() to give it 3D height.
Then difference() or union(), after translate()/rotate()/etc to where you want it.
Think about inlay/emboss a cylinder(), doing the same with extruded text() is just the
same.
That was one of the reasons I chose where I did, its flat and face up on
the build plate
as I put the back of the nut on the plate in cura.
Convexity looks like a problem with text, is it?
Thanks Michael. Take care and stay well.
if interested:
You can see a .png of the half nut at the link in my sig. In
"6040-stf/vise-screw-pix/new-buttress_vise_bolt_nut4+3.png"
A couple .jpg's of the screw and nut are there too.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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...preview, NOT to actual geometry.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Marx [mailto:michael@marx.id.au]
Sent: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 09:13
To: 'OpenSCAD general discussion'
Subject: [OpenSCAD] Re: marking parts
Convexity is only related to preview, got to actual geometry.
I believe each letter (or at least those that don’t flow together) is a separate entity re
convexity. But convexity=10 is usually OK.
-----Original Message-----
From: gene heskett [mailto:gheskett@shentel.net]
Sent: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:28
To: discuss@lists.openscad.org
Subject: [OpenSCAD] Re: marking parts
On 7/1/22 10:10, Michael Marx wrote:
Gene,
text() once you choose the parameters you want, is just the same as any other
geometric
object,
just more detailed curves etc.
text() is a 2D outline.
That's why I missed it, was thinking 3d
Use linear_extrude() to give it 3D height.
Then difference() or union(), after translate()/rotate()/etc to where you want it.
Think about inlay/emboss a cylinder(), doing the same with extruded text() is just the
same.
That was one of the reasons I chose where I did, its flat and face up on
the build plate
as I put the back of the nut on the plate in cura.
Convexity looks like a problem with text, is it?
Thanks Michael. Take care and stay well.
if interested:
You can see a .png of the half nut at the link in my sig. In
"6040-stf/vise-screw-pix/new-buttress_vise_bolt_nut4+3.png"
A couple .jpg's of the screw and nut are there too.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
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On 7/1/22 19:16, Michael Marx wrote:
Convexity is only related to preview, got to actual geometry.
I believe each letter (or at least those that don’t flow together) is a separate entity re convexity. But convexity=10 is usually OK.
And it turned out to be easier than I envisioned from looking at the
links in the cheat sheet.
I made the text string, sized it, and centered it. then bent, folded,
stapled and otherwise
mutilated it to put it where I wanted it, thank you very much, Michael.
Take care and stay well.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/