To make it look better, I switched from black to white filament once our Ender 3 had started printing the actual lettering. Then I moved it until the text sat on top, selected cube and text, and exported them as a STL file, all ready to open in Cura. Finally, of course, I printed it. I was just making a simple sign for my office door, so I created a cube, resized it into a rectangular plaque and used the Chamfer tool to bevel the edges. Now all you have to do is insert or create whatever you want to have the text on. I went for 3mm. Click OK again and, as if by magic, you have a 3D text object! Once you’ve done that, enter how far you want to extrude the text in the Along field. Next, go back to the Part bench and select the text, which should appear in the list as ShapeString, then click the Extrude button: That’s you done with the Draft workbench. Now just click OK and the text will be created. Then use the Height field to set the size of your text, and finally type the text itself in the String field. Click the button beside the Font File field, find the font you want, and select it. This lets you set up the text you’re going to create – but, to do this, you’ll need to know where the fonts are saved on your PC. Click that and a new set of options will appear. Once you’re in the Draft workbench, look for the S icon on the toolbar. Sorted? Right, open it up and go to the workbench menu – you know, where you usually select Part to start designing an object. If you don’t already have one, download it here.
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