William Devine

Hey everyone I just lost my mama a couple of days ago so I wont be as accessible as normal. Just giving you all a heads up I'm going to try my best to be business as usual. To be honest, it's probably best if I try to go back to normalcy as soon as i can. But in the event I'm not normally accessbile, you know why.

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William Devine

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Sorry for your loss. Losing a parent sucks.

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You guys can post...

You guys can post in the community you know.... it's not just me who can post in the community. This is for everyone to enjoy and learn and share with each other. so please post!

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William Devine

1 like • Dec '25

I'm trying to figure out how to take a 2D image and extrude it a certain thickness. Specifically, images of a tennis ball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, and soccer ball. I want the seams to be not as high as the rest of the ball. I tried STL Buddy's text to image, but it ignored the 'start with a flat image and extrude it to [a certain height]' part and made me a tennis ball globe 3D model. Great, but not what I asked for. If I convert it from the image to an SVG then open it in a slicer, it's a square with the ball embedded in it. It looks good, but it's a square not a somewhat flat surface. Any idea how to do this with ChatGPT and STLBuddy? ChatGPT generated great looking flat images to use. I just need to figure out how to extrude them to 1.8mm seams and 2mm for the body of the ball.

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William Devine

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Just started toying with 3D printing. Looking to see if I can make a side business out of it first, then move on to making it my primary business.

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