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Does anyone have an easy route for taking a .svg and extruding it into a part?

I was looking at this: http://jfayel.net/post/58351618292/inks ... -converter
edit- http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entr ... -converter

I actually went ahead and installed this and it worked. From there it can be exported and printed, or exported to the file formats in Openscad. Very useful for users who want simpler 2d designs
Here's the Thingaverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25036

This looks like an app that I could actually use. I"ll try to test it out in the next week or so.
Thanks for the tip to the download.

You might need these links too:
http://inkscape.org/en/
and
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entr ... -converter
The "libre graphics world" is a "how to" article.
Have fun!

Batteau62 wrote:You might need these links too:
http://inkscape.org/en/
and
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entr ... -converter
The "libre graphics world" is a "how to" article.
Have fun!

Thanks for those links, Batteau62. This definitely Looks useful for someone like me who doesn't know how to write a single line of code in OpenScad.

looks like blender can also open these .svg and convert them to .stl

I have done some converting of scroll saw patterns to stl. Most of what I did was scan, open in inkspace, "fill" the pattern, export the svg, import into blender and extrude. The tricky thing was I needed precise dimensions and it took awhile to figure out the size conversions from one software to another. And then blender changed things...
I also used the openscad plugin mentioned above and it worked quite well, I think I used it to make some of the parts for my Orion top mount.

That is one nice clock! How did you control the warpage when printing such large pieces?

Eaglezsoar wrote:That is one nice clock! How did you control the warpage when printing such large pieces?

For one I used PLA. Spent a lot of time tramming the bed. One thing Makerware got right is rafts and so for most of the large pieces I used rafts. And a big dose of trial and error (that clock was close to a one year project that I started even before I had a printer).

jmpreuss wrote:

Eaglezsoar wrote:That is one nice clock! How did you control the warpage when printing such large pieces?

For one I used PLA. Spent a lot of time tramming the bed. One thing Makerware got right is rafts and so for most of the large pieces I used rafts. And a big dose of trial and error (that clock was close to a one year project that I started even before I had a printer).

I have never used a raft but then I usually don't print parts that large. I'll have to give the raft a try.
Again, great job on the clock. When I first saw the picture I was shocked that parts of it came from a 3D printer.

If anyone is up for the challenge...

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:184736