OpenSCAD - Examples

// text_on_cube.scad - Example for text() usage in OpenSCAD

echo(version=version());

font = "Liberation Sans";

cube_size = 60;
letter_size = 50;
letter_height = 5;

o = cube_size / 2 - letter_height / 2;

module letter(l) {
	// Use linear_extrude() to make the letters 3D objects as they
	// are only 2D shapes when only using text()
	linear_extrude(height = letter_height) {
		text(l, size = letter_size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "center", $fn = 16);
	}
}

difference() {
	union() {
		color("gray") cube(cube_size, center = true);
		translate([0, -o, 0]) rotate([90, 0, 0]) letter("C");
		translate([o, 0, 0]) rotate([90, 0, 90]) letter("U");
		translate([0, o, 0]) rotate([90, 0, 180]) letter("B");
		translate([-o, 0, 0]) rotate([90, 0, -90]) letter("E");
	}

	// Put some symbols on top and bottom using symbols from the
	// Unicode symbols table.
	// (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Symbols)
	//
	// Note that depending on the font used, not all the symbols
	// are actually available.
	translate([0, 0, o])  letter("\u263A");
	translate([0, 0, -o - letter_height])  letter("\u263C");
}



// Written in 2014 by Torsten Paul <Torsten.Paul@gmx.de>
//
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