Posted this in new forum, but didn’t seem to get any traction there yet.
I’m working on a new family’s color scheme for a build. They requested bright colors and contract due to their child having CVI. They loved this color selection but asked about the possibility of incorporating checkered flags, and mentioned that their son LOVES race cars.
I thought I would toss this out to you guys and get your creative input on how you might incorporate race car style elements or checkered flags, other than with the wheels?
The only other place I’ve personally had success printing a design is the top of the footrest (I print one piece, flat on the plate, or the front of the footrest if printing the two piece.
You could do a checkerboard trim across the front, similar to this. (quickly done to give you the idea)
Thank you for that idea! Yeah, I agree, a horizontal flat surface would definitely be best for detail. I do have an H2C so its possible to run multiple color designs on the side panels, but may still not turn out the best or add a good bit of time.
Wheels I considered could be checkered flags too potentially.
I keep seeing the suggestions about the Meshy tool. While I think it has it’s uses, I’m not convinced this is one of them. Large pieces, few flat spots, etc.
I also use an H2C, hence my trials at printing wherever it makes sense! I just don’t know if the body of the chair makes sense.
If you’re using the H2C, I’m assuming you print the footrest in one piece, flat?
I’m still fairly new to 3d printing and the slicer, so there may be a better, easier way. I just haven’t learned that yet.
For the top of the footrest, I bring in my SVG image onto the footrest plate. Make the height .6. (layer height .2 x 3 layers on .4 nozzle) So all of that can be adjusted to what you’re using.
Then, i drop my footrest way down to below the plate using the ‘Move’ tool. Then, slowly bring it back up until you can just see the image within the footrest. Go ahead and place it where you want it, resize it (remembering to reset the depth to what it should be), etc.
Then Merge them. That will bring the footrest back up to the top and the image will move up with it.
Again, there is probably a more direct way of doing this, I just haven’t learned that yet.
@Nonny, would you mind helping me with the wheels and I’ll try to learn to implement the other on the footrest myself. I am afraid I’ll botch the alignment on the wheels.
Just want a simple racing flag pair like this mockup. I can share the vectors for the addins here:
Here is what I was able to come up with. It’s close, but not exactly what you shared with me. If this works, I can get it on the drive today.
I would also recommend either making your checkered stripe on the footrest bigger or taking it down to two rows, making each square bigger. The less detail and small items, the better! Just a thought.
