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Bascule
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Sign printing/designing software

I'm looking to print a couple of very basic signs - basically a background sheet with some raised writing on there. I vaguely remember reading about a website or software which caters to that, but I forgot to bookmark it. Does anyone have suggestions?

Posted : 18/05/2021 1:36 pm
bobstro
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RE: Sign printing/designing software

It is very easy to do in Fusion 360, but that's probably overkill. I'm sure it can be done in OpenSCAD.

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Posted : 18/05/2021 1:56 pm
Neophyl
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RE: Sign printing/designing software

Possibly Tinkercad.  Its online, is very simple to use and has several fonts available.

Posted : 18/05/2021 2:33 pm
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RE: Sign printing/designing software

https://imagetostl.com/

Design something in Word/Powerpoint/Draw/CS ... save a PNG of the artwork; pipe it up to this or other sites like it (there's a ton of them).

 

Posted : 18/05/2021 6:14 pm
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RE: Sign printing/designing software

And use the color change feature in Slicer to make the text layers a new color.

 

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Posted : 18/05/2021 6:22 pm
cwbullet
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RE: Sign printing/designing software
Posted by: @tim-2

https://imagetostl.com/

Design something in Word/Powerpoint/Draw/CS ... save a PNG of the artwork; pipe it up to this or other sites like it (there's a ton of them).

 

I have used this to make signs and convert logos to 3D prints.  You could also make a basic design in Tinkercad.  

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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog

Posted : 18/05/2021 8:06 pm
Bascule
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Sign printing/designing software
Posted by: @tim-2

https://imagetostl.com/

Design something in Word/Powerpoint/Draw/CS ... save a PNG of the artwork; pipe it up to this or other sites like it (there's a ton of them).

 

Thank you kindly!

Posted : 18/05/2021 8:37 pm
Diem
 Diem
(@diem)
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RE: Sign printing/designing software

I'm sure it can be done in OpenSCAD.

Of course it can:

// Raised text in OpenSCAD

x_dim=100;
y_dim=20;
z_dim=5;
text_height=1;

cube([x_dim,y_dim,z_dim]);
translate([x_dim/2,y_dim/2,z_dim]){
    linear_extrude(height=text_height){
        text("Raised text", halign="center", valign="center");
    }
}

Gives:

Cheerio,

Posted : 18/05/2021 11:11 pm
cwbullet
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RE: Sign printing/designing software

@diem

Thanks.  I just tested it and it works perfectly.  

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3D Printer Review Blog

Posted : 18/05/2021 11:14 pm
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