From f77a2d96b99ea8ac5b51a4337ab33b1bd2beeaf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tony Buser Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:58:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added a readme --- README | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index e69de29..1f99f4b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This is an OpenSCAD module that let's you easily (well kinda) create 3D text. I've emulated the Atari 8-Bit fonts A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and most punctuation. You can create them a letter at a time or pass an array of characters. (OpenSCAD doesn't have any real string manipulation) + +It also has a bitmap module that you can use to define your own fonts. It's pretty simple, you pass it an array of 1s and 0s, then tell it how many bits per row and it creates cubes (of configurable width and height) in a grid and combines them into a single shape. + +Be careful when defining your own bitmaps in that you can't have two bits only connected diagonally. Otherwise OpenSCAD will say it's not manifold. For instance you can't have: + +0 0 0 +0 1 0 +0 0 1 + +But you can have: + +0 0 0 +0 1 1 +0 0 1 + +For more info see: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2054