My friend, Tracy Herman runs a local drop in crafting space (Knot and Purl) and she was running out of little stars that a friend had given her years ago. They were very popular with the kids to glue onto their projects. I eventually located a supplier but they were over $.01 each! So I designed my own and printed it. I’ve printed thousands by now, and she likes them better than the old ones because they are flat on the back and easier to glue.
The Original Star
I chose to make them in FreeCAD, but FreeCAD doesn’t have a “draw star” function. I could have laboriously drawn and constrained a star, but Inkscape does have a Draw Star function.
I then imported my inkscape drawing (SVG) into FreeCAD’s Draft workbench, and then converted it to a sketch.
I was then able to extrude it (pad function) and then fillet the edges
It takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes to print 81 of them on the Bambu X1 Carbon. I printed them in gold and RGB coextruded silk filament.
You can find the STL at Printables and Makerworld. You can find the source files on my github