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======Garden tags======

My mom always keeps the plastic tags that comes with the plants and puts them in her garden. Her birthday came up, so I made here these nice wooden garden signs. 

They were made in openSCAD, which means if you follow the steps here, you can easily make them yourselves with custom names. 

=====How to make garden tags=====
  * If you don't have openSCAD yet, download it here: https://openscad.org/downloads.html
  * You'll also need a library on thingyverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3004457 Download both files and put them in your library folder within the openSCAD folder.
  * Open openSCAD and copy this code:
<code>
use <fontmetrics.scad>;

//Adjust text below
tekst = ["BLEEKSELDERIJ","AARDAPPEL", "ANDIJVIE", "PEPER", "PLUKSLA", "KNOFLOOK", "BONEN", "SUIKERMAIS", "SPERZIEBONEN", "Wortels","Ui","Snijbiet", "Sla", "Erwt", "Komkommer", "Kool", "Biet", "Artisjok", "Dille","Rucola", "Tomaten", "Knolselderij", "Pastinaak"];
//Adjust font below
font = "Liberation Sans Narrow:style=Bold";
//Adjust height with size
size = 15;
spalk=size/2;

//Adjust total lenght and triangle length below
breedtetotaal= 210;
breedtedriehoek=70;




//The functions and modules (make a single tag)
function Capitalise (string) = 
    chr([for (c = string) if (ord(c)>=97 && ord(c)<= 122) (ord(c)-32) else ord(c)]);
    

module Tagify (inputt) {
    plantnaam= Capitalise(inputt);
    
    w = measureText(plantnaam, font=font, size=size,spacing=0.9);
    breedtemidstuk= breedtetotaal-breedtedriehoek-w;      
    translate([w,0,0]){
        translate([(-w/2),0,0])
            drawText(plantnaam,font=font, size=size, spacing=0.9, halign=    "center");
            
            
        translate([(-w*0.995),-size/2,0])
            square([(w*0.995)+breedtemidstuk,size/2]);
             
         
        square([breedtemidstuk,size]);
        polygon([[breedtemidstuk,-spalk],[breedtemidstuk,size],[breedtemidstuk+breedtedriehoek,(spalk+size)/2 - spalk]]); 
    }   
}


// The for loop (makes multiple tags)
for (i = [0:len(tekst)-1]) {
   translate([0,((size+spalk+1)*i),0])
    Tagify (tekst[i]);
    }

</code>



  * You can adjust the text. The code will automatically capitalise the text. 
  * You can also adjust the font, but only standard issue fonts are available.
  * Run (F5) and render (F6) to get your vector file
  * Export as .dxf and you're ready to load it in the laser!


I coloured them with Watercolour ink/Ecoline to make the letters pop out