Add text to a sign or panel in slicer

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Add text to a sign or panelGoal: add text (and image) to a blank sign.These notes are based on Bambu Lab Studio ou Orcaslicer .Preparation:Have a "base" panel. You can use the provided panel (file Blank_sign.stl of 200 x 150 x 5)Have a graphic pattern in STL file. You can use the provide HorseNBR.png file for an exercise.If not, get a picture and convert it to a "flat" STL file. Try to limit the pixel size to what is needed for a good rendering (rule of thumb: in 0.4 extruder size: size in millimeters X 2.5 )Note: see below an Openscad code to convert a PNG image file to an STL. as example.Check the dimensions of the files that should more or less match.With the slicer:In Bambu Lab Studio or OrcaslicerLoad the graphic image in STL format (Horse.stl is provide for exercise, 148 x 148 x 8 ) , redimension it if needed, and position it (in Z direction, it should touch the base panel and protrude from it.)Then load the base panel. If needed, redimension it (same percentages in X and Y, Z percentage to achieve desired panel thickness.Use the Text function (TA button in top menu bar) to prepare your text (font, size, orientation, height to ensure it protrudes from the base. You place the text by clicking on the base panel object.These three parts will be separate objects. This allows ,if wanted, to use different filament colors. You can move, change, delete the objects individually as needed.Openscad example: PNG-to_STL-example.scad// for a 150 x 150 png file, to get a 2mm thick stl file (148 x148 in this case!)// do F5 for a view, F6 to render, and F7 to export as STLdifference(){translate([1,1,0])cube([150-2,150-2,2]);translate([0,0,-50])surface("HorseNBR.png";);}