Hi,
I want to have numbers 1 to 180, incrementally, over a half circle. I have been trying a few things but nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.
Like a gauge? If so your best bet would be to do it in a vector art program and import as svg or DXF.
Exactly! More like a semicircle angle ruler. Would you please elaborate on what a vector is here? I’m not quite familiar with the terminologies used in 3d modelings.
Vector graphics is a type of computer graphics where images are created using mathematical equations rather than individual pixels.
Shapes such as lines, curves, and polygons are defined by coordinates and paths, allowing them to be scaled infinitely without losing quality.
Often created/edited in programs like Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, or Inkscape.
It can be done in Shapr3D, but it’s very tedious work.
In Corel Draw (Vector/ Windows), I made a number with the text tool “000”. Used the transform “docker” for circular array and duplicated it. The edited the numbers using the text tool. This can be exported as DXF which can be imported into Shapr.
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IF I were clever (I am not that clever) and I had Visual Basic, it could be done in a macro to auto-magically increment the numbers.
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Do you need to extrude?
@Xdrakosha @Oregonerd Thanks for the info and help! I really appreciate it.
@SCALEMODEL I do! I want to do 3d print so I want to either make an object with them or I want to extrude and remove a part of existing objects.
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Inkscape is free and a search will find you a tutorial to do what I did.
Unfortunately you will have to select 180 numbers and extrude them.
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180 is 3 numbers…
Recalculate?
Ok whats the point?
432 numbers (digits) to extrude.
Just few more!
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I can even do that in Shapr3D. Any amount of numbers can be placed, and I’ll just press a couple of keys 
But that’s a technique from beyond.
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Can you script the placement of numbers incrementing in an arc in Shapr using variables? If I needed it I would happily donate a small sum to you.
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Maybe this might help.
I don’t know how to do in Corel might not be possible.
In Affinity designer there are lot of selection methods, based on color, shape, etc.
After you expand the curves you can do series of selection that give you just the holes and just the solid parts. Save both as 2 different layers and you can just punch out the holes.
Another method doing the numbering work in Blender, in Blender you can extrude type. Lay it out and import it.
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No. But I can easily write a helper (a separate app) that will design an arc and place numbers along it in Shapr3D.
But that would be for personal use only — there are too many nuances, so I won’t share this kind of thing.
Maybe in the future Shapr3D will implement some scripting inside the app — who knows…
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I thought I’d share something useful for Bambu/Prusaslicer users.
I know sometimes it’s hard to deal with numbers and text within Shapr since you want to extrude them.
I needed to insert long text onto a 3d print! If you convert text to SVG from a vector program instead instead of importing it into Shapr the slicer software handles the inner and outer parts very well!.
No need for complex selection process within Shapr, within the slicer SVG text can be merged onto a flat surface.
