openscad/examples/Basics/text_on_cube.scad

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// text_on_cube.scad - Example for text() usage in OpenSCAD
//
// Written in 2014 by Torsten Paul <Torsten.Paul@gmx.de>
//
// To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all
// copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to the
// public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without any
// warranty.
//
// You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain
// Dedication along with this software.
// If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
//
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");
}