openscad/examples/Basics/text_on_cube.scad

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// Example for text() usage
// (c) 2014 Torsten Paul
// CC-BY-SA 4.0
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");
}