Re:Show HN: OpenSCAD configurable calendar 3D model
by Rikudou on Saturday February 15, 2025 @01:51PM
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It supports both with a single toggle, either you use MMU/AMS in which case it's all on the same level, or you don't use it and all colors have a different height level making it easy to just M600/pause your print and change the color.
Designs of this kind don't leave that much poop, there's not much waste when it's only a few layers.
> Also how do you get on with the slicer with fonts.
Haven't had many problems with them, I usually enlarge the text until I'm happy. I also usually do $fn = 360 for OpenSCAD which uses so many triangles that you can't really see it not being round with your naked eye.
If so am loathed to print those because you need an automatic material system and it creates a lot of poop (cut-offs when switching colour)
It think it might be OK to have say 5 white layers then a couple of ink layers.
Also how do you get on with the slicer with fonts.
I found this difficult when printing a dog tag. I sort of got the impression it may be better to have a "gcode font" rather than go TTF->Triangles (STL)->Gcode
However overall: great effort and I love openscad. I love the idea of it I only used it once as I have been busy!