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Playbook 05/8

From screen logo to STL in the printer

The same extruded mark that lives on your site can become a desk badge or patch master — STL export carries the watertight geometry a slicer wants.

Start this in the editor

Workflow

Four moves

  1. Step 01

    Simplify the mark

    Print hates hairline detail. If the logo has strokes thinner than ~1mm at target size, thicken them in the source SVG first.

  2. Step 02

    Extrude for structure

    Depth 3–5 with bevel on: the bevel gives each layer of the print something to bridge, improving surface quality.

  3. Step 03

    Export STL

    STL is geometry-only by design — color lives in the filament, not the file.

  4. Step 04

    Slice and print

    Orient the flat back on the bed. No supports needed for a flat-backed extrusion.

Materials for this job · lit by Studio

Glossy PlasticPreview the 'plain PLA' read before printing.Carbon FiberFor carbon-filled filament runs.Matte ClayThe matte-stone look for desk sculptures.