3D Print a Stencil
In this Instructable, You'll learn how to take Inkscape, with any Stencil Font, take to Freecad, and make a 3D printed Stencil.
Write the Blurb
You just write the words...
Make It a Path
Select Object to Path
Break Apart
Then, break it
Back to Object, Ungroup
Out of the Menu Part, back to the Menu Object, ungroup, for good measure...
Save That As SVG
Just save your text as a SVG file, and out to FreeCad, next!
Import to FreeCad
Take that SVG, and import it as Geometry
Here It Is
Now, the letters should be a bunch of Paths...
Draft Menu
Go to the Draft Men
Select Each Part
Start to select each separate part...
Draft Menu, and Upgrade It
Go top the Draft Menu, and upgrade the parts
Select and Extrude
On the Part Menu, extrude the selected part
It Goes Up!
The part is extruded, exaggerated height, just for demo
It Goes On...
You get this, MOST of the time...
These That Won't Upgrade...
But some parts might NOT Upgrade... Stinkers.
Just go and Downgrade!
It Goes Down!
It's extruded
Move It
Just move the thing now, to align to the others...
All Extruded, and Moved, If Need
Will look like this
Make the Back
Make a Cube, and sized it at need, DON'T make that on Inkscape, it will be a pain to extrude.
Align All
Align all parts, ready for the cutting...
Select and Cut
Chose first the back, then the part, and select Cut
It Should End Up This Way...
Yes, it SHOULD, but if one part won't cut...
Exaggerate
If some won't cut, make the part very higher than the back, so it goes out of it, up and down,and it will cut!
Select the Finish Stencil, and Export As Stl
Now, export it, and take it to your Printer
There You Have It!
Frankly, print it larger, but hey, it's this that you'll get!
Happy Stenciling!