Doodle2STL

Doodle2STL is a small tool for converting doodles to a printable STL file. Filed area will be considered as solid, empty areas will be void.

Installation

To compile and install this tool on Ubuntu, you need a few packages. Install them with the following command:

sudo apt install build-essential cmake libopencv-dev

Then compile the thing, but typing from this directory:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make && sudo make install

And you are ready to go!

Usage

doodle2stl asks for the following parameters:

• --resolution (default: 256): resolution of the output STL file. The higher the resolution, the more precise the file is. It also gets substantially bigger
• --height (default: 1): height of the 3D object
• --prefix (default: /var/www/doodle2stl): path where the STL files are written
• filename: last parameter is the input image file path

Author and licensing

This small software has been written by Emmanuel Durand and is in the public domain. Do whatever you want with it!