printing text on parts

lasermike · Post by **lasermike** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:57 pm

what are some successful text fonts that have been printed on parts. font style, raised or lowered height, and size.

bubbasnow · Post by **bubbasnow** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:04 pm

when i do text i like to cut rather then extrude the letters. with a small nozzle and 1 perimeter you can get some good resolution. as for the type of fonts, i usually stick with bold block style i haven't tried any fancy cursive.

wildideas1 · Post by **wildideas1** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:19 am

Would like to what you've done can you post some pic of what you have done

Thks

Ian

bubbasnow · Post by **bubbasnow** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:27 am

sure.. this is just what i have inside my office

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ETai ... 222327.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yn5T ... 222335.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3L_k ... 222342.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cHK7 ... 222345.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6cEf ... 222420.jpg[/img]

[img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ctYz ... 181510.jpg[/img]

jmpreuss · Post by **jmpreuss** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 7:02 am

Celtic Knot font

wildideas1 · Post by **wildideas1** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:09 pm

I forgot to ask how are you doing the set up to print. they look darn cool.

Post by **Eaglezsoar** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:30 pm

I agree with wildideas1 and would like to know how you do it.
Especially the raised text.

Batteau62 · Post by **Batteau62** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:55 pm

I've found that generating text in "Inkscape" and exporting it to SCAD with that path converter works really well. I made this name plate in about five minutes

I added the back plate in Inventor Fusion.

Eaglezsoar2.stl: (1003.13 KiB) Downloaded 219 times

No guarantees on how it will print

bubbasnow · Post by **bubbasnow** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:37 pm

in solidworks

make your object on a plane

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-trxT ... apture.PNG[/img]

[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9HPA ... apture.PNG[/img]
extrude it, on this i chose revolve

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2Heo ... apture.PNG[/img]

make a new sketch on a plane, drag a construction line first then write the text on that line

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gm-B ... apture.PNG[/img]
boxx-extrude that sketch "offset from surface" selecting the object as the face you want to offset text from

[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TMrh ... apture.PNG[/img]
[img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bfLa ... apture.PNG[/img]

boss-extude "blind" distance from the origin sketch plane

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KrOY ... apture.PNG[/img]
revolved boss from a line

[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7I0m ... apture.PNG[/img]
[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9jhB ... apture.PNG[/img]

swept boss

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fbyr ... apture.PNG[/img]

just a few to mention right quick

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