<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — what is the best way to copy and print this ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/2827/what-is-the-best-way-to-copy-and-print-this/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:26:27 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: what is the best way to copy and print this ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/26563/#p26563 IanJohnson is right.  In fact, you should be able to just take a pic with your phone.  The one above could work but you might want it a bit straighter.

I did this a few months ago trying to reverse engineer a small bucket in my car's dashboard.  Here's an example in Solid Edge of bringing in a picture of a hand sketch, scaling it to the right size, and hand tracing it. Like Ian said, most CAD programs can do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UueckiKByhs

]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:26:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/26563/#p26563 <![CDATA[Re: what is the best way to copy and print this ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/26539/#p26539 Scan it on a flatbed.  Most CAD or 3D programs have the ability to load a jpg and trace it.

]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:21:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/26539/#p26539 <![CDATA[Re: what is the best way to copy and print this ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/26538/#p26538 Measure it up and make a quick model in sketch up. You could probably knock it out in an hour or so.

]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:59:12 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/26538/#p26538 <![CDATA[what is the best way to copy and print this ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/26537/#p26537 a friend of mine has a boat logo that he wants me to prin. I do not have a 3d scanner

how can I make an ST Lof the logo and print it.

Logo attached

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