Mmmh - just a simple extruded spline. No lathing, bending, wrapping, stacking? Most of the examples from the gallery don´t make any sense as you will print a bunch of loose parts. Ok?
2) If they're not connected, they'll likely have to be, either printed separately and assembled after the fact or mounted on a base shape before printing: circle, square, triangle, etc.
Most photographs are too complex. Line art works best, such as san serif letters of the alphabet. Simple works best. The more ornate / complicated, the more effort will need to be put in to have the end result be printable. Considerations such as common to 3d Printing: Thickness, Manifold (no leaks in the mesh) and perhaps other issues.
Most 3d services check for such issues. If you have a 3D printer, you're probably well aware of the issues.
I used to do it. It can be a royal pain. Different materials have different tolerances. What might print just fine as plastic will fail as a metal printout for reasons.
Not to mention the costs involved. Something as simple as this could run as much as $ 20 / $ 30 for a SMALL printing (hence: Pendant) not Bookend or Bread Box.
Some of the things it does, I found easier to do in Blender or Wings3d. Maybe it's just what I've gotten used to.
That, I look at, and see, this work flow, the stars, the deer, and the text (maybe not even the text, but, creating it and rotating it more work, not that it can't be done, would be cleaner), pull them into SVG2STL, get the 3D, then just create the disks in software of choice and mount the text, the stars and the deer on the disks, join it all together and material of your choice.
Using Inkscape with Other Programs
Inkscape.org
svg2stl dot com
Is a great tool for converting SVG files to STL (3D Printable / Common Format).
Many examples of what works and what doesn't in the gallery.
Mmmh - just a simple extruded spline. No lathing, bending, wrapping, stacking? Most of the examples from the gallery don´t make any sense as you will print a bunch of loose parts. Ok?
Can work well with examples like this:
See svg2stl for example STL (Requires 3d Software Blender, Wings3d etc or a viewer to see).
Or, as you suggest, multipart creations that, to print, are best mounted on a flat surface into which they can be inset.
Ideally the component parts either:
1) Have to be connected and sufficiently thick.
2) If they're not connected, they'll likely have to be, either printed separately and assembled after the fact or mounted on a base shape before printing: circle, square, triangle, etc.
Most photographs are too complex. Line art works best, such as san serif letters of the alphabet. Simple works best. The more ornate / complicated, the more effort will need to be put in to have the end result be printable. Considerations such as common to 3d Printing: Thickness, Manifold (no leaks in the mesh) and perhaps other issues.
Most 3d services check for such issues. If you have a 3D printer, you're probably well aware of the issues.
I used to do it. It can be a royal pain. Different materials have different tolerances. What might print just fine as plastic will fail as a metal printout for reasons.
Not to mention the costs involved. Something as simple as this could run as much as $ 20 / $ 30 for a SMALL printing (hence: Pendant) not Bookend or Bread Box.
This is my usually playground since 2005:
Yeah, I've looked at that.
Some of the things it does, I found easier to do in Blender or Wings3d. Maybe it's just what I've gotten used to.
That, I look at, and see, this work flow, the stars, the deer, and the text (maybe not even the text, but, creating it and rotating it more work, not that it can't be done, would be cleaner), pull them into SVG2STL, get the 3D, then just create the disks in software of choice and mount the text, the stars and the deer on the disks, join it all together and material of your choice.