<sidilakies>
Now will I be able to create my own library and import my modules ?
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<DrGameRetired>
Hello, fellow coders
<DrGameRetired>
I am writing an OpenSCAD script to display a snowflake using text: text("\u2744",size=45,font = "Tahoma"); It does not generate the snowflake. Is there a limit to the Unicodes I can use in this command?
<DrGameRetired>
❆ is one of the characters I am trying to generate.
<DrGameRetired>
Other characters generate without mishap. Notably, the examples in the User Manual.
<J24k88>
sidilakies sure libraries are just scad scripts
<J24k88>
DrGameRetired the question is if the font has that character - same with emoji
<J24k88>
i get that snowflake with font "symbola"
<J24k88>
Deja vu sans should have it too
<J24k88>
DrGameRetired seems most fonts don't have this encoded
<J24k88>
hm ok that is strange other program can display this with other fonts
<J24k88>
that is chr(10054) but why is this not working in scad for most fonts? looks like a bug, maybe open a ticket
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<J24k88>
teepee any idea why the editor show those symbols with more or less any font - but the `text(chr(10054));` is not
<J24k88>
the only font working seems to be "deja vu sans"
<RonRN18>
I have a 2D SVG graphic, a logo, and wish to create an imprint in a surface. I have looked for guides and followed some but not having any luck. It has been several days since I tried this last, so I don't recall exactly what the errors were. My model has a flat top surface and I wish to have the logo drop down about 2mm from this surface. Can some
<RonRN18>
one point me in the right directions as to how to add such a logo as a negative from the top surface?
<J24k88>
RonRN18 first make sure you can `linear_extrude(2)import("file.svg");`
<J24k88>
if your svg is not a path (points) it will not work
<teepee>
with this you can actually search for fonts supporting specific glyphs
<J24k88>
that is your font preview thingy right .. that would sure help a lot
<J24k88>
what is the second?
<teepee>
2 would be extending text() to support the glyph substitutionm, that's basically implementing the next higher layer of text rendering
<J24k88>
with that i probably wouldn't noticed when a MS update changed/overwritten my installed version of DejaVu bis some lesser MS version
<J24k88>
suddenly my zodiac cookie cutter where broken, Ü
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<teepee>
possible, yes. I don't know what the exact rules are, e.g. if they do that only for specific glyph ranges or even for missing ansi letters
<Scopeuk>
I guess that is a theoretical problem, how many fonts have missing ansi/ascii chars?
<Scopeuk>
although that being said I guess there are going to be plenty of non Latin char sets out of Asia which might not bother
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<teepee>
yeah, possible it's just not needed to bother about more complex logic. if you create a strange font, get strange results :)
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<J24k88>
I remember we had (eons ago) a special font for the company logo - consisting only of 4 capital letters .. you only could write the company name with it (no replacement)
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<Scopeuk>
font are weird, someone implemented the early pokemon games in truetype
<teepee>
yes, also fun stuff like script ligatures, let me see if that webpage is still up
<DrGameRetired>
Thank you so much, all of you. I have great ideas now of how to do this.
<DrGameRetired>
I regret the long timeout for my reply. I'm in New York City time zone and I went to sleep. But you were all busy helping me. I do appreciate this.
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<sidilakies>
j24k88 Thanks
<J24k88>
DrGameRetired no worry the channel is logged so you also can check later if someone replied.
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<othx>
InPhase linked to YouTube video "Pace Salsa "New York City?!" (1980's commercial)" => 1 IRC mentions
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<Virindi>
get a rope.
<InPhase>
DrGameRetired: Also, for snowflakes, we have quite a few snowflake generators on the advent calendars. The fanciest is probably Day 10 (top, second from the right) on the most recent one: https://openscad.org/advent-calendar-2023/
<InPhase>
DrGameRetired: So if the snowflake was your goal, and the font was just a quick way to get there, I'd suggest grabbing one of those nicer quality generators. :)
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<teepee>
uh, nice, customize button
<teepee>
now I wonder if prusa gets angry when linking to this customizer in the printables readme
<J24k88>
while the parametric modeler is free for all - seems this customizer needs a login
<J24k88>
most annoying that the scad is read only in the code tab (already pleased them to change this blunder)
<teepee>
yeah, it was possible to edit in the demo, but no save
<J24k88>
maybe just takes some time as they had the plan to make customizations shareable
<teepee>
yep, makes sense. it's pretty neat as it is
<J24k88>
besides some minor fixes (that should already happen) like that vector parameter are not displayed
<J24k88>
it works quite nice including the size overview when you click on the model
<J24k88>
and if they allow to use multiple files / imports / svg / libraries .. this would put the cherry on top
<J24k88>
(if you wonder why the snowflake is so flat .. roof is not enabled - Ü )
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<Virindi>
what the heck is 'roof' anyway
<t4nk_fn>
I dunno man, but I think... I think... omg! it's on fire!
<InPhase>
t4nk_fn: You were not supposed to raze the roof.
<J24k88>
virindi an experimental feature that is offsetting your 2d form while extruding - causing beveled sides
<InPhase>
Specifically only inward, at one angle. But then one can post-adjust with scaling and cropping to get some variety.
<InPhase>
Attempts for a more general offset_extrude died in PR committee when faced with the mathematical complexities of generalization.
<InPhase>
This condemned roof to experimental, in the hopes that offset_extrude could be done and make roof obsolete.
<InPhase>
Which is maybe still the wiser move. Although it has been a while in this stalled state, waiting for someone to ambitiously pick it up. :)
<InPhase>
I feel modest guilt for being one of the ones to advocate for this holding-pattern path, which the feature has sat in for a while. And since then, I have made use of roof a few times, since it was there, and nothing else was. So I'm not 100% sure that we're not in a "perfect is the enemy of good" situation.
<Virindi>
hmm
<Virindi>
I don't see it in any documentation
<InPhase>
Well I don't think we document experimental features on the snapshot cheatsheet.
<Virindi>
it just doesn't seem to be described anywhere at all?
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<sidilakies>
how do I check the logs for this channel ?
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<teepee>
sidilakies: link in the channel info
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<jan64>
btw. having a 'horizon lock' (a way to disable side-to-side rotation / Y rotation axis) would be neat / i think would make interacting with the object easier for beginners
<jan64>
also, openscad is great! :-)
<teepee>
for touchpad or something? I don't seem to have problems with a mouse/trackball
<jan64>
yup, managed to hit some weird behavior with a touchpad (probably my fault, but still)
<jan64>
seems to be the default for a bunch of other 3d things (tinkercad, 3d printing slicers, etc)