nametag.scad

font = "Ubuntu Mono";
letter_size = 60;
padding = 20;

string = "@erikaheidi";
textlen = len(string);

box_width = letter_size*textlen*0.8;
box_height = letter_size + (2*padding);
box_thickness = 20;

start_x = 0 - (box_width / 2) + padding;
start_z = padding;

module text3d(string) {
  linear_extrude(height = box_thickness - 10) {
    text(string, size = letter_size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "center", $fn = 64);
  }
}

module tag(width, height, thickness) {
    spacing = 20;
    difference() {
        //tag body
        linear_extrude(thickness) {
            square([width, height], center = true);
        }
        //tag hole for lanyard
        linear_extrude(thickness) {
            hole_x = 0 - width / 2 + spacing;
            hole_y = 0 - height / 2 + spacing;
            translate([hole_x, hole_y, 0]) square([15, height-spacing*2]);
        }
    }
}

difference() {
    tag(box_width, box_height, box_thickness);
    translate([0+padding, 0, start_z]) text3d(string);
}