Cookie cutter kitset

Cookie cutter generator.

This generates cookie cutters from (probably) any 2D solid (i.e. a 2D shape with no voids). It's really intended for someone to use in OpenSCAD on their own machine... the Customizer here is just to demonstrate what it can do.

There are 3 cookie outline definition methods supported:

1. Generation in OpenSCAD... this allows randomized and user-customized shapes to be generated...

every cookie could be different [lol]. Examples of this are included in this file... you can use the Customizer to generate a couple of predefined clouds, define your own clouds, or randomised clouds. Most random clouds will be 3D-printable, although some may be non-manifold and/or ugly. If you want anything but clouds, you can't use the Customizer. 2. From a set of coordinates produced by tracing an image in Inkscape

and exporting to OpenSCAD. The Tesla roadster included is an example of this. To make your own cookie with this technique, you will need OpenSCAD and InkScape on your own machine, and download and edit the Cookiecutter_kitset.scad file to include your own image definition file. 3. From a .PNG file. The downside of this technique is that it can take a hoorendously long time (hours?) to generate the cookie cutter. Make sure the source file is small (less than (say) 100x100 pixels). The rocket is an example of this. I'm not sure if this will work in the Customizer.

You will need OpenSCAD v15.03-2 or later.

This doesn't seem to work in Customizer here anyway :( All I see is an error message: "/usr/local/bin/openscad/openscad: error while loading shared libraries: libCGAL.so.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ". Maybe the OpenSCAD behind the Customizer is out-of-date?

Print Settings

Printer:

Zonestar D810

Rafts:

Supports:

No

Resolution:

Infill:

10%

How I Designed This

This started out as a project for my daughter, who wanted some cloud-shaped cutters for cake decorating. Having designed the first one, I saw I could generalise it to take parameters to describe the cloud shape... one bit of code could generate several different shaped clouds. :) Then I realised that there were other ways to describe shape outlines, so I added support for .PNG files (via OpenSCAD's surface()) and for images converted to OpenSCAD source format via InkScape.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to dynamically insert bits of OpenSCAD code into this one at runtime, so using that last option will require the user to install OpenSCAD on their system, download this file, and manually edit it.

The downside of the .PNG/surface technique is that it can take a hoorendously long time (hours?) to generate the cookie cutter.

Category: Food & Drink