Customizable One-Piece Steve

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<p>I need to print a lot of MineCraft figures, for a diorama, so I needed to simplify the Steve's (OpenSCAD) design. The changes are:</p> <ul> <li>Arranged Steve as a single piece to print, so no assembling and gluing Steve's head, arms and legs on.</li> <li>Added parameters for Customizer to control scale, head angle, and position ("running" or "working"). Since you can't position him manually, you can do so in software.</li> <li>Added "feet" so that you can tell which way he's facing</li> </ul> <p>After printing Steve, you will need to trim off supports under each shoulder.</p> <h3>Instructions</h3> <p>To generate the Steve you want:</p> <ul> <li>Pick a scale. 1.5 mm/pixel works out to 1" MineCraft cubes, good for a large diorama. 5 mm/pixel is good for an action figure.</li> <li>Enter a head angle. 0 means looking straight ahead.</li> <li>Pick a position. "Run" means that arms and lets are angled like Steve is running. "Work" means that Steve is standing and using a tool. "Custom" means that you can control the angles of the arms and legs individually.</li> </ul> <p>If you pick "custom" you can then set:</p> <ul> <li>Leg angle: the angle that the legs are away from vertical. 0 means Steve is standing, 45 means he's running full-speed. -15 would be walking, with the right leg behind the left. The left and right legs are always in opposite positions, so Steve can stand up.</li> <li>Left Arm Angle: 45 means out in front, 0 means straight down, etc. Don't use an angle more than 45 degrees or you'll probably run into overhang issues.</li> <li>Right Arm Angle: Same as above, for the arm that hold tools.</li> </ul> <p>Generate and print.</p> <p>Trim off the supports under Steve's shoulders.</p> <p>Print tools, widely available on Thingiverse. Or go out for drinks, and get Steve a sword or an umbrella!</p> Category: Video Games