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alphabet_block.scad

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+/*
+Parametric Alphabet Block 
+Tony Buser <tbuser@gmail.com>
+http://tonybuser.com
+http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
+*/
+
+<bitmap.scad>
+
+// change to any letter
+letter = "A";
+
+union() {
+	difference() {
+		cube(size = 20);
+		translate(v = [2, 2, 17]) {
+			cube(size = [16, 16, 5]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	translate(v = [10, 10, 15]) {
+		8bit_char(letter, 2, 5);
+	}
+}

name_tag.scad

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+/*
+Parametric Name Tag 
+Tony Buser <tbuser@gmail.com>
+http://tonybuser.com
+http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
+*/
+
+<bitmap.scad>
+
+// change chars array and char_count
+// OpenSCAD has no string or length methods :(
+chars = ["M","a","k","e","r","B","o","t"];
+char_count = 8;
+
+// block size 1 will result in 8mm per letter
+block_size = 1;
+// height is the Z height of each letter
+height = 3;
+
+union() {
+	translate(v = [0,-block_size*8*char_count/2+block_size*8/2,3]) {
+		8bit_str(chars, char_count, block_size, height);
+	}
+	translate(v = [0,0,3/2]) {
+		color([0,0,1,1]) {
+			cube(size = [block_size * 8, block_size * 8 * char_count, 3], center = true);
+		}
+	}
+}