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How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 4:49 pm
by w22
Is there a way I can sign my name on the prints that I do?
Instead, I've been using a Benzomatic to burn my initials in them and it smells!
Re: How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:17 am
by jimc
you would need to do that in your cad software. only issue is that a printer can only print lettering so fine. your signature you need to be fairly large. lettering can be tough.
Re: How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 12:45 pm
by w22
What would be the easiest software to use for this purpose? I probably don't want to place the letters one by one via TinkerCard. Maybe I would create the signature in a picture and then combine the picture and the print via SVG export and then .STL convert?
Re: How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:38 pm
by Hugs
w22 wrote:What would be the easiest software to use for this purpose? [...] Maybe I would create the signature in a picture and then combine the picture and the print via SVG export and then .STL convert?
Here's a quick demo I just did using the
Paths to OpenSCAD plugin for
Inkscape, and
OpenSCAD:
Scan my signature:
Open and trace it in Inkscape:
Tweak settings to your liking
Export using the "Paths to OpenSCAD" extension:
Tweak in OpenSCAD:
From this point, I could load the STL of the model I want to sign and use OpenSCAD "union()" to merge the "signature" with it. It would take a bit of fiddling with scaling/rotating/translating but I've used this process on a bunch of prints to add logos and such.
Re: How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:45 pm
by Jules
Nice tutorial Hugs!
Re: How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:02 pm
by ZachC
What if you put a thin stencil of your signature on the build plate and printed the part on top of it?
Re: How to Inscribe Signature on Custom Made Print?
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:06 pm
by ednisley
ZachC wrote:a thin stencil
Perhaps laser-cut Kapton tape?
The difference between good adhesion and a bird's nest tangle is about ±0.1 mm = 4 mil, the extruded thread must have excellent adhesion to both the platform and the stencil,
and the edges of the letters wouldn't be particularly crisp. I don't know if you could make out half-layer-thick letters against the usual 3D printed infill pattern.
I'd print a test piece over a few strips of tape and complexicate from that…