Create a 3D printable Lego style model from a given word or sentence
The pandas dataset is searched horizontally then vertically to combine adjacent single bricks.
- Install Anaconda so you have a full Jupyter notebook environment.
- Open 'Anaconda Navigator' and run JupyterLab.
- Open TextToBricks.ipynb in JupyterLab.
- Execute all code blocks in TextToBricks to set up necessary helper functions
- Change text of last command to the text you want rendered
GetBricksFromText("Katie")
- jsonified list of bricks + brick_maker.js -> bricks_openjscad.js
- In a browser, open Openjscad.
- Drag your bricks_openjscad.js file into the bottom file load section of the openjscad web page.
- After your 3D model renders, click the "Generate stl" button then download the stl and print it.