Update 2024-07-03:
v2.0 — Added many new options:

• Optional two-line labels
• Optional text scaling
• Multiple stake positions
• Optional hanging holes (inspired by @JasonKrise_343629's remix of v1)
• Adjustable sizes for label and stake
• Use of the new OpenSCAD function textmetrics() if available, for better scaling of text
  *** Older versions of OpenSCAD may throw a warning about "unknown function textmetrics" — This can be safely ignored.

My wife is growing herbs and vegetables again, and unlike last year this time I want to know what we're actually harvesting…

I liked @Dave's plant labels, for their simplicity. However, it's only a fixed—and limited—set of labels, so that didn't really work for me.

So I spent some quality time with OpenSCAD to write a script that can generate labels in different sizes and with different text. I mark it as a Remix, to give @Dave credit for the inspiration.

Uh… wait… OpenSCAD? What's that?! Do I need to learn how to write code?

No, you don't! It's actually very simple, and you don't need to “speak SCAD” to create your very own plant labels.

Just check out the PDF file with a step-by-step guide I uploaded here (Files page>Other files), to see how easy it is to design customized plant labels per your specs.

The key parameters to change are:

• The text on your label. You can provide one or two lines of text.
• Text scaling. To fine-tune the size of the text.
• Stake position: center (default), left, right, or none (useful in conjunction with the next new option)
• Include holes. Useful for hanging the label instead of sticking it into a pot.
• Label size. The default is 70x25 mm.
• Stake size. The default is 50 x 15mm.

I have also uploaded a .3mf project file, with a filament change at the appropriate place so you can get a two color print. Just replace the STL that is in the .3mf file with the STL you created from OpenSCAD.

A word of caution: If the label is sized too small and the text is long, it may be too small to slice correctly. Selecting Detect thin walls in PrusaSlicer may help, or you may have to make the label and/or textlarger.

If you like what I'm doing…

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