3D Printed Star Wars Door Handle

Hey Guys! This time I came up with this Star Wars do not disturb sign to hang on your door handle. It's very easy to print and it will definitely make your door stand out!

I designed entirely using Tinkercad and in the next pages you will find the step by step to make it yourself

At the end you can also find the finished STL file

• 3D Printer
• Plastic filament (PLA, ABS or PETG)

We'll start by googling the images that We want to use for our door handle. In my case, I'm a big fan of Darth Vader, so I search this on google images, adding the word 'Vector' so it looks for this type of images that are usually printer friendly

You can use the software of your choice to create the letters of the sign.

In my case I'm using photoshop cause It's the one I prefer.

I also downloaded the Star Wars Typography from 'dafont' to make it look more authentic.

Once you have written the words for the sign you should save each image as a png file.

In order to import these images and letters to Tinkercad We have to convert them from an image file (JPG, PNG, etc.) to SVG format.

To do this I use a program called Inkscape, It's free and very easy to use.

Basically you have to open every picture you want to convert with this program.

Once open You'll right click the picture and select the option "Trace Bitmap...".

A side window will open, and here you can set the "Brightness threshold" which basically means how many pixels will be considered 'white' during the convertion. In this case, since these are simple images with only one color (black), any threshold will give pretty much the same result, so We'll go ahead and click Ok.

Now We'll have both images, one on top of the other, so We can erase the old JPG or PNG image and keep the new one (make sure you are erasing the old one!).

Now We can go ahead and to the same process for every file.

After this We can save each picture as an SVG file.

These new SVG files can be imported to Tinkercad using the 'Import' button, located at the top right of the program.

All the pictures We chose will now be spread on the Workplane as a body.

Now We can arrange all our items in the sign the way we prefer. It's algo a good time to organize what colors you are going to use in each part.

If you are going to change colors mid-print, like I did, is important to set different heights for every part.

Once you are happy with the preview you'll be ready to print!

Print settings are standard. The only thing to consider is to set the pauses at the correct layer numbers in your slicer program.

In my case I use Cura and I did this by using the 'Pause at height' plugin.

And now let the force prevent you from being disturbed during your naps!