Description: 

This 3D printable name plate is designed to display a personalized name in a stylish font with an integrated hole for LED lighting. The model features a layered design, including a base with a central hole to accommodate an LED light. The script allows customization of the name, font, text size, extrusion height, and LED hole diameter. The design can be previewed or printed directly based on the selected mode.
 

Important:
I have released a completely new script built from scratch, with support for many new features: multi-line, more font options, customizable design colors, an improved joining method, and more.

[https://makerworld.com/en/models/710458#profileId-640805](https://makerworld.com/en/models/710458#profileId-640805)

Instructions:

Parameters:

• mode:
  Preview: In this mode the text will be faced up and will be extra extruded, so it is easier to visualize the final design
  Print: Select this mode once you are happy with the result. It will face down the text and will generate a flat surface for printing
• name: the desired text to show.
• font: choose your preferred font from the available options.
• textSize: font size.
• extrudeHeight: the height of the lightbox
• ledsHoleDiameter: Set the diameter of the LED hole.
• flatBase: If it is active, it will set a flat base for letting the lightbox stand straight (usefull when the text has letters like “g” or “j”)

• fillGaps: when using spacing or symbols that will just fill the upper part of the lightbox, you can active this flag to fill the bottom gap.
   

Expert options:

• baseWidth: width of the base (flat surface of the box)
• nameLayerHeight: the width of the layer containing the text. It is set to 0.8mm because the tools for painting in bambu studio, will no go any deeper than 0.4mm, so if you increase this value, there will be some layers that will not get the new color.
• ledHoleXOffset/ledHoleYOffset: values to manually move the position of the LEDs hole

Exporting STL:

• Ensure the mode is set to "print".
• Export the model as an STL file, ready for 3D printing.

3D Printing:

• Load the STL file into Bambu Studio.
• Get the paint bucket tools, and put the mouse over the place the letters should go. The name will be highlighted and you can colour the different parts of the model.

The name is exported face down for getting a better result in the first layer, so DO NOT FORGET TO COLOUR UNDER IT

How to run the script locally:

Trying to run the script in the regular OpenSCAD version, will cause several warnings.
For running the script you will need to use the “Development Snapshot” OpenSCAD version.
Once installed, you need to go to: 

Edit→Preferences→Features

And check textmetrics feature

Improvements backlog:

• Check for adding a raised edge arround the “lid”

Known issues

• Some special characters are not shown.
  Maker World forms fon't allow some special characters (some of them will not be displayed, other will cause an error while generating the model) and there is nothing I can do in the script. If you want to use some of these characters, you have to edit the text directly in the code editor.

Changelog:

• v4: Workarround to fix makerworld bug in checkboxes
• v3: 
  • Added check for a flat base
  • Added a flag for handling empty spaces (multi word)
  • Increased number of customization parameters
• v2: Removed experimental methods for easy running in all openscad versions.
• v1: Initial Release

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