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   Ever Beedle (dave@gleasonator.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 01:30:21 JST Ever Beedle

   Designed a basic drafting template in OpenSCAD, printing it now.

   Went with a 2mm thickness so I could get some stiffness (will probably reduce), tapers to 0.5mm on the drawing edge. Need to add lips to the insides of the interior cutouts so my writing utensils don’t hop out.

   Will probably also change how I translate the cutouts so that instead of running along a centerline dictated by the size of the largest one, the top edge of them all run along a line that’s a fixed distance from the edge of the template. That’ll give me room to add a few more features.

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     Ever Beedle (dave@gleasonator.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 01:30:23 JST Ever Beedle

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     Goal here was to do something basic that actually has some utility, but is still fairly simple geometry-wise.

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     ChromeRatt (chromeratt@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 03:28:42 JST ChromeRatt

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     @dave i lost track, but fair to say it was more than 200 hours of printer time at a mid range print quality. It's all PLA, might be one or two bits of PETG, but only to use up scraps.

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     ChromeRatt (chromeratt@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 03:28:43 JST ChromeRatt

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     @dave

     These were models someone else published, each square a reproduction of a part of the original bigature from a new hope. I generated 4 x 4 arrays, randomly selected, rotated and mirrored. I then printed them on my Prusa Mini.

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     ChromeRatt (chromeratt@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 03:28:43 JST ChromeRatt

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     @dave finally project was a coffee table with a 4" deep trench complete with Luke's X-Wing, Vader's TIE. And escorts.

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     Ever Beedle (dave@gleasonator.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 03:28:43 JST Ever Beedle

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     • ChromeRatt

     @chromeratt Jesus, how long did that take you to print? And what did you print it with?

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     Ever Beedle (dave@gleasonator.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 03:28:44 JST Ever Beedle

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     • ChromeRatt

     @chromeratt We’re talking like some low-poly death star? Can’t really visualize what you’re describing

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     ChromeRatt (chromeratt@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 03:28:45 JST ChromeRatt

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     @dave openSCAD is great. A programmer by trade and spent a lot of time in AutoCAD in my youth. I felt right at home.

     You can do a lot with the app The scripting is especially powerful. I used it to randomly layout tile models for the surface of the Death Star.