You have been a huge help . Thanks

Suck to buy a scanner for 4 -5 models I need done haha

It looks like for what you are trying to do, replicate a few car emblems you already have, you might just do it the old fashioned way by creating silicone molds and casting resin copies. Before you go and research this option be forewarned, once you hear the tap plastics theme song it will never leave your head.

I am going to start reading up on everything that these programs do. I have 4 of these emblems total I need to get done and a host of other little things. Im sure it all is beyond me and I will end up paying someone to do it but I will still read up on it haha

As for the lifting, proceed at your own risk, but, I have found that I have to lightly treat the bed with "ABS juice" every now and then or nothing will stick ever. Afterwards things may stick too well and require a tool to remove the part so I like to use a pair of pliers to free the part because using a knife eventually it will slip and trash the Kapton.

Thanks for all your help

I think that last file you posted has so issues.

In the interest of eating my own dog food, and perhaps paying you back some for the shoddy model I foisted upon you and that you unwittingly accepted, I have printed it myself, albeit at 50%. It is still nowhere near right and does indeed exhibit the problems I saw at first, and then some, yet I continue to foist it. I may try a section plane next so I can start with something cleaner.

I tried to print it and it was printing a pattern that was nothing like the emblem

ALWAYS check the log. It needs to be repaired.

<Slic3r> The model has overlapping or self-intersecting facets. I tried to repair it, however you might want to check the results or repair the input file and retry.

That message spells doom. The preview in the G-Code editor would also let you know there is a problem. I only uploaded it as a demo of adding the base.

I have a question.

I am not sure my ways are the best ways.

If you mean something like the attached, to add a base basically I grouped the logo, drew a square under it, pulled it up, intersected it and trimmed the excess.

To do the 2d to 3d I used gimp to crop to a circle, make it high contrast black and white with a transparent background and invert it. Then inkscape to trace the bitmap, blender to extrude it, netfab basic to repair it, meshlab to simplify it and sketchup to clean it.

The inkscape and blender work is very well documented on the web and so are the other tools.

I think a few folks are moving on from sketchup for this kind of work but I have been using it and gimp forever so I am kind of stuck in my ways.

Well, I got it in and got it cleaned up some and it slices ok but it still looks like it will print with some gaps inside the letters. Not sure what's going on there.

I have a question. In Sketchup how would I fill in everything between the letters and center logo. I want no empty area in the middle and just a the letters raised a bit, but flush with the sides.

Also are there any tutorials out there that will show me what you did to create it?

Thanks