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JeffJordan
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recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

hi at all,
I've got a two colored pictogramm and want to make a 3d printed badge or door-sign out of it.
maybe with some added text.

what would you recommend as an easy procedure (with common available freeware) to perform this ?

thanks in advance for your ideas / ways...

dem inscheniör is' nix zu schwör...

Posted : 06/07/2017 6:57 pm
PJR
 PJR
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Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

Inkscape to convert to SVG. Import SVG into Tinkercad.

Peter

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Posted : 06/07/2017 6:58 pm
JeffJordan
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Topic starter answered:
Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

hmmm.... not as simple as expected.
tinkercad always crashes my browser, as soon as I try to import the *.svg.

this autodesk stuff is really instable, may it be fusion360, the old 123D-design or even the browser based tinkercad.
as soon as things get a little bit complex, they suck... 👿

dem inscheniör is' nix zu schwör...

Posted : 15/07/2017 8:47 pm
Knickohr
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Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

Try different settings in inkscape for your svg. I had the same problem, now it works, but don'tk know that I've changed 😕

Thomas

Posted : 15/07/2017 9:23 pm
JeffJordan
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Topic starter answered:
Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

glad to hear (read) that I'm not the only one with this kind of problem 😀 .

searched @ google for "png2svg" and found a website with an online-converter tool.
now the generated *.svg works inside tinkercad.

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Posted : 15/07/2017 10:17 pm
Knickohr
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Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

Great !

Thomas

Posted : 16/07/2017 12:07 am
3DBastler
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Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

Jeff, the S3D AddIn -Convert Image to 3D- does not work in this case?

Posted : 16/07/2017 10:51 am
tom.b6
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Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file

While I hesitate to recommend a very limited piece of software, the free 3D Builder app that comes with Windows 10 does a pretty good job of taking an image file, including png, and converting it to 3D.
It's also pretty good at repairing models that won't properly import in slic3r.

Posted : 20/07/2017 2:36 am
JeffJordan
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Topic starter answered:
Re: recommended way to make a "badge" from a *.png picture file


Jeff, the S3D AddIn -Convert Image to 3D- does not work in this case?

🙄 never noticed that plugin before... but it works quite well !
thanks for the hint 😀

@tom.b6: managed to get rid of every potential win10 installation here, simply because I severely dislike the whole win10 concept.

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Posted : 20/07/2017 11:54 pm
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