Summary

We started this chapter by looking more closely at the OpenSCAD text operation. We learned how to install and use a customized font as we recreated the NASA "worm" logo. From there, we explored how to change the size and direction of our text.

We implemented a for loop to cycle through custom text so that we could curve it around an invisible circle. We created a specialized module to do this.

From there, we created code to make a customized 3D-printed name badge using the curved text module and a module to create a base plate from a simple 2D design. We accounted for a brooch pin by providing an indent at the back of our name badge.

We proceeded to use Cura to slice our design into G-code, which we loaded onto our 3D printer. This G-code produced a print job with a pause, to allow us to change the color of the PLA for effect.

In the coming chapters, we will expand our knowledge of 3D design in OpenSCAD further as we build more complex objects. We will...