Custom Minecraft Name Plate

Create your own Minecraft-style name sign!

This customizable model lets you generate a personalized stone-block nameplate with the look and feel of Minecraft logo text, perfect for desks, shelves, or gifts. Parametric, so customize to any text and dimensions.

Printing Notes

• Text only supports A-Z (uppercase) letters, 0-9, lowercase “a” (Creeper), lowercase “r” and “b” (rounder looks), space and thin-space.
• The letters are formed by two parts, the front one “cracked” and a back one “not cracked”, the back one is needed to support the letters and pins, be sure if you modify the sizes the pins still fits into it.
• Check the parameters descriptions on the Customizer.
• AMS is optional: If you don't have one, under Base select split base so it puts one color per plate, or optionally add a pause at the right layer and swap filaments.
• For compatibility, different objects are put in different plates, but you can use a single plate and print by object if you have space.
• Glue isn't required if you use snapping pins
• Letter slots and pins are printed with a (-0.2 +0.2) tolerance, adjust Misc > hole tolerance if needed.
• Text are printed face down in order to give the front face a good texture, change in slicer if you want.
• Printer profile models uses Fuzzy Skin and Hilbert Curves to give it a organic texture, see notes below.

Textured Appearance Steps (optional)

Check the original printing profiles for a example model with this appearance, these are the steps:

• Globally set Fuzzy Skin thickness to 0.2, do not globally enable it.
• Use Fuzzy Skin painting on the outer walls of the base, do not use on the letter slots and pins on top or it may mess up fitting.
• Use Fuzzy Skin painting on the edge faces of the letters (just drag the bucket around until the complete loop is painted), do not use fuzzy skin on the surface that contacts with the base nor the pins.
• On the letters object select Top surface pattern to Hilbert Curves
• On the base object set Top surface pattern to Hilbert Curves:
  • Alternatively: Create a height range or cube modifier part that only applies that to the grass surface, not the pins nor the slot surfaces, that will keep contact surfaces flatter

Snapping pins (optional, experimental) - No glue

Enable it under Pins > pins snap, these will create compliant connector pins that should provide a tighter fit that doesn't require glueing.

• It isn't designed to be taken out, once snapped it forcing it out may break it.
• Has separated depth, radius and tolerance parameters.
• Tolerance is under Misc > pins snap hole tolerance, adjust if needed.
• Even properly snapped in it won't be as strong as glueing as the pin itself is a weak point, combining snapping pins and glue is the strongest way.