Valatines Day Heart With Name Plaque

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Designed by Omutant2 for Bilby 3D to celebrate Valentine's Day and teach people about adding 3D text to existing STL files. HOW TO ADD TEXT? CREATE TEXT. This model was designed to add your name and your loved one's name on the plaques. We chose to print them in white to stand out, and glue them on. This way you can also curve the text on the plaque. You may also embed the text into the one STL file using one of the two methods here. Step 1: Open the heart file in SketchUp using the IMPORT function (see image 2). Step 2: Create the text and check it is the correct size using the TOOLS-3D Text feature. We used 7mm height and 3mm extrusion depth. (see image 2 and 3) Step 3: Either place text in model now, or save text as its own STL. See image 4 Step 4: Print. You can also embed text in your printer slicer at this point. We changed color at the end of base to red from Bilby 3D copper (https://www.bilby3d.com.au/DispProd.asp?ProdID=PLA175CopperSML) to Flashforge Red (https://www.bilby3d.com.au/DispProd.asp?ProdID=FFpla175red06) We glued on names with Epoxie glue. Enjoy! About the Designer: Hi there, I'm Omutant, the creator of this 3D model, made in Blender with about five hours of playing around. I am a freelance artist, currently working on three video game projects. If you like my art and want me to draw or 3D model something for you, I can do a commission for you. Just send me a note here http://omutant2.deviantart.com/ Print Settings: Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator 2 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 100-300 microns Infill: Five percent Notes: Two to four shells for strength How I Designed This: Hi there, I'm Omutant, the creator of this 3D model, made in Blender with about five hours of playing around. I started out with a cylinder, modeling the basic shape of the heart and base from a perfect front view, then moved on to the side view, and finished it off by refining it as a low poly shape from a three-quarter perspective view. Once I was happy with the basic shape of the object, I applied a multiresolution modifier to give the model a smoother surface, and started refining further, making the smaller details like the name platforms and flatter surfaces, such as the mid section of the heart. After the heart was complete, I moved on to doing the rope, starting off with a cylinder again, adding an array modifier, and a curve modifier, to make the shape follow a Bezier path, finishing off with a basic transformation of the base shape, to give the twisty effect without increasing the polycount too much.