Make a 3D-printed name tag, engraved sign and honeycomb coaster

What you will make

• A raised name tag key ring
• An engraved sign and a stencil
• Springs, a flower ring and a gyroid cube
• A round honeycomb coaster and a vent cover

Step by step

1. The Text shape

   Type your words and choose from 48 fonts, including Hebrew and Arabic. You can also bring your own .ttf or .otf font.

2. A raised name tag

   Put the text on top of a tag, add a ring for the key ring, and Merge it all into one printable piece.

3. Engraved and stencil text

   Switch the text to a hole to engrave it into a sign. For a stencil that cuts all the way through, use a stencil font so the middle of each letter stays attached.

4. Formula: curves

   Formula turns a bit of maths into a shape. Start with the curve presets, such as a spring, and change the settings to see it respond.

5. Your own formula

   Write your own formula for a curve, like the flower ring in the video, and tune it until it looks right.

6. Surfaces and solids

   Formula comes in three kinds: curves, surfaces and solids. Solids give you shapes like the gyroid cube.

7. Tiles

   Tiles fill a shape with a repeating pattern such as honeycomb. Set the cell size, wall, border and base, and cut a tile to any outline.

8. A round coaster

   Put it together: a round honeycomb coaster, and the same tiles reused as a vent cover.

What you will learn

• The Text shape and its 48 fonts
• Raised vs engraved text, and when to use a stencil font
• The three kinds of Formula shape: curve, surface and solid
• Writing your own formula
• Every Tiles setting: cell size, wall, border and base
• Cutting a tile to any outline

Want the written version? The help guide covers each tool in detail: Name tag step by step · Spring step by step · Text · Formula · Holes.