SVG Path to FreeCAD Bodies

README.md

Goals

• Make a label in inkscape or any other SVG exporting program
• Export the label as paths only (no fonts)
• Import into FreeCAD
• Turn the label into objects that can be placed on an objects surface to mark a label

Approach

Generate Path Only SVG

• The inkscape label to paths is describe here
• Make sure that all objects are closed, instead of lines solid objects need to be used.

Import to FreeCAD

• https://wiki.freecad.org/Import_text_and_geometry_from_Inkscape/en
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-jqKb0f-78&ab_channel=61quick

1. File->import filename.svg
2. Open SVG as geometry

We now have a collection of a ton of individual objects, one for each individual path.

Issues

• Paths with loops come up as seperate paths, eg. an o has the outer and inner loop as seperate paths. These need to be combined into a single sketch to extrude properly.
• There are many parts each of which will need to be their own body or joined to another body.

Algorithm

• Cycle through all parts, find the ones that are completely within another and XOR them
• For non-intersecting paths use the draft->upgrade tool
• Make each into their own body and extrude
• Join the objects using a boolean XOR. This will keep the positively extruded parts and subtract the negative extrusion.