Help with cutting text from stl file
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Help with cutting text from stl file
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/Netherlands (en_NL)
I've downloaded an Stl file and I want to add text to the side of it by creating a pocket.
I've imported the STL and I think I've converted it to a Solid, but I'm unable to create a pocket. When I try, I get this message: But, I don't seem to be able to add the Blue cube (solid?) to a body.
So basically, what I want is to cut out the text from the side of the object. What is the best way to do this?
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/Netherlands (en_NL)
I've downloaded an Stl file and I want to add text to the side of it by creating a pocket.
I've imported the STL and I think I've converted it to a Solid, but I'm unable to create a pocket. When I try, I get this message: But, I don't seem to be able to add the Blue cube (solid?) to a body.
So basically, what I want is to cut out the text from the side of the object. What is the best way to do this?
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- labyrinthGiftBox_lid_long.stl
- (52.72 KiB) Downloaded 27 times
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- FreeCAD_QOXN5RlldM.png (9.31 KiB) Viewed 2310 times
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- lid with text.FCStd
- (732.63 KiB) Downloaded 32 times
Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
it seems like the file you attached is not same as screen cast.
anyway, in the attached file there is a shell and a solid (from the mesh), the one that was in the part was the shell.
you can manage just fine without pd wb, extrude your shapestring in part wb and make a cut (or union) and you are done.
preferably you should refine your solid before any booleans are done to it.
btw, a shape like this is not much point in converting, stl is not something one should strive for when dealing with 3d - the shape is simple and is better done by remodel it in fc from scratch to the dimensions of the mesh and then add your text to the fc-native solid.
anyway, in the attached file there is a shell and a solid (from the mesh), the one that was in the part was the shell.
you can manage just fine without pd wb, extrude your shapestring in part wb and make a cut (or union) and you are done.
preferably you should refine your solid before any booleans are done to it.
btw, a shape like this is not much point in converting, stl is not something one should strive for when dealing with 3d - the shape is simple and is better done by remodel it in fc from scratch to the dimensions of the mesh and then add your text to the fc-native solid.
Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
You missed a step, getting a shape from the mesh. You can't go from a mesh to a solid directly.
Took your .stl, imported it, went to the Part Workbench then selected the mesh, Part > Create shape from mesh, then selected the shape, Part > Convert to solid.
Boolean it at will!
@heda The .FCStd file wasn't posted, the source .stl was. And yes, as simple as the source is, reconstructing it FreeCAD native would be a better way.
MontyL
Took your .stl, imported it, went to the Part Workbench then selected the mesh, Part > Create shape from mesh, then selected the shape, Part > Convert to solid.
Boolean it at will!
@heda The .FCStd file wasn't posted, the source .stl was. And yes, as simple as the source is, reconstructing it FreeCAD native would be a better way.
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Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
Making from scratch is cleaner.
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- lid_EW.FCStd
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Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
Thanks for the help and suggestions.
@edwilliams16
Recreating is not really an option, because the notch on the inside is now missing. That notch is quite essential, since it is the part that goes to the labyrinth! The part is an elongated version of the lid from this box: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:201097
I want to 3d-print it so I can put a present in it that's a little longer than the original format.
@montyl: I don't see any attached files?
@heda: thanks, I wil try!
@edwilliams16
Recreating is not really an option, because the notch on the inside is now missing. That notch is quite essential, since it is the part that goes to the labyrinth! The part is an elongated version of the lid from this box: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:201097
I want to 3d-print it so I can put a present in it that's a little longer than the original format.
@montyl: I don't see any attached files?
@heda: thanks, I wil try!
Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
I don't seem to be able to cut the extruded text part from the other part:
even though the text goes through the other body:
Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
For some reason the file gets too big if I put in the entire text "default", so I changed it to '1' which was about 0.5 megabyte less.
Uploading the file still gives me an http error.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A_Waz6 ... sp=sharing
Uploading the file still gives me an http error.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A_Waz6 ... sp=sharing
Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
Which of course is also quite easy to recreate if your interest in FreeCAD is not just a one time deal. Here is my recreation with fillets, chamfers, notch, ... You will need to point the shapestring to an existing font on your PC for it to properly recompute.
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- LGB_Lid.FCStd
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Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
Great, thanks!
My interest in FreeCAD is more than a one time deal, but it is only my second CAD project, so recreating it seemed to me like a difficult option. I've started the print now, will post an update with the result!
My interest in FreeCAD is more than a one time deal, but it is only my second CAD project, so recreating it seemed to me like a difficult option. I've started the print now, will post an update with the result!
Re: Help with cutting text from stl file
Hello, greetings to the community!
...using mesh solidification, but of course the best solution is to remodel in FreeCad (as @kisolre did).
...using mesh solidification, but of course the best solution is to remodel in FreeCad (as @kisolre did).
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- labyrinthGiftBox_lid_long.FCStd
- (892.61 KiB) Downloaded 22 times
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- labyrinthGiftBox_lid_long.png (484.8 KiB) Viewed 1975 times