Makerwold customizer

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I’m looking to make some customizable cards. I know there’s a customizer in Makerlab and I’m able to make some custom cards there.

But I’m actually looking for a permanent setup, on which the values can be customized.
Like on a lot of models on Makerworld, which have the green customize button.
But I don’t see the option making something like this. When uploading a file I don’t see a customizer option. And when making a customcard in Makerlab, it seems I only have an option to download that specific design and not to share it on Makerworld.

Anyone any idea on how to make and upload a customizable design on Makerworld?

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Hi @Rockel83

Did you try uploading your “.scad” file?

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Thanks for responding.

But no, I’m actually not familiar with this filetype.
Normally using *.STL or *.3MF.

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Ok. I may have misunderstood the comment:

I assume the MW customizer is the “Parametric Model Maker”.

If so, the tool core is OpenScad CAD software (https://openscad.org/).
In OpenScad, one describes the CAD model through a script which the software can compile and render into a 3D model.
If you look at MW examples, you can find the script in the left frame, where the 3D model is coded and the customizable parameters are defined.

If you prepare your model, i.e. script, you should be able to upload it to MW as parametric.

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You have to upload “coded” model using OpenScad (.scad file) or using MakerLab Parametric Model Maker (which basically use OpenScad in background)
That’s the only way to get the “customize” button.

OpenScad is an opensource software to generate 3d model from programming language code instead from CAD software.

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You have two options.
One is using generators in MakeLab, create a maker, download it as 3MF format, then upload this maker as usual model. When you successfully upload it, there will be a customizer buttton.
Another way is upload a .scad file when you in upload page.

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All thanks for the comments! Verry informative!

I was actually looking for some nice customizable color swatches. There’re a lot on different websites, but most of them are not suitable for vertical printing or too big. Or with too less options or fields.

So I was actually looking for making a simple one on my own. I already saw that sidemenu with coding now yes. But this looks actually a bit complicated for now haha.

It seems to be manageable with the signmaker in on Makerworld. But it seems to be quit limited. Maybe overlooking something. I don’t want multicolor prints, but I believe there’s no option for embossed texts.

I need to look a bit deeper into it I guess. Thanks for all replies. Apreciate it :slight_smile:

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If you are looking for a simpler way to customize objects you can use tinkercad.
Here’s an example with instructions.