I am new to 3d printing and tinkercad. I am working on a project where I am making a rectangle board in one color filament and want to knock out letters in the background to inset the same size letters in another color filament. Problem is if I make them the same size the letter wont fit into the background. I have noticed an option on the type called beveled. Will that make the room in the background knockout for my letter to fit in?
Thanks,
Greg
Making separate prints of the letters that would fit into a knockout on a printed out board can be tricky. The print settings for the prints made by your slicer may have something to do with it.
In general, the objects will likely be too tight if they are modeled exactly the same. If you are able to offset one of the objects surfaces by a .5 millimeter or so, you may have a better fit. It may be a little trial and error depending on the accuracy of your slicer's print settings.
Thanks. That is why I thought the Bevel slider on the type might help. I tried to make different size letters and it didn't fit at all be cause the proportion was off. The bevel slider seems to expand in the right areas. The test I was going to do was just try different bevel settings and see if one might fit better. I will let you know.
You might have better luck importing SVGs from a 2D editor, where the letters are slightly offset from where they need to fit. When imported into Tinkercad, they will be extruded, and when printed may fit better.