Paradroid: how I did it
Steps to build a 2.5D Paradroid for 3D printing
It all started when I found some drawings of the character of the infamous computer game from the 80's.
The next step was obvious to me, just build a raster graphics of the beast using GNU/Octave. As is the original image needed some modification on order to be 3d-printed.
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So added some extra squares to get the job done.
Then used the Inkscape-to-OpenSCAD plugin and got the final 3d model, after some editing on the output code.
And it prints nicely with a resolution of 0.2mm and a 20% infill.
You can get it here: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/paradroid-ornament-key-chain
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Palavras chave/keywords: paradroid, 3d, 3dprinting, 3dprint, game, mathCriado/Created: 03-05-2017 [13:31]
Última actualização/Last updated: 10-10-2022 [14:26]
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