Parametric car/motorcycle license plate keychain (Nummernschild/Kennzeichen) (commercial use)

July 5, 2024
Description
A parametric car/motorcycle license plate key chain designed to be printed on single filament printers with color change. Add a filament change in your slicer and swap the filament mid print in order to achieve a two color print.
Features
- Parametric - add your desired text
- No supports needed
- Multi color print for single filament printers
- Find the right car/motorcycle key every time
Adding your text to the plate
- Option 1: Use the provided blender source files
- Open one of the files (car.blend or motorcycle.blend)
- Select the text you want to change
- Press “TAB” in order to enter edit mode
- Edit text
- Press “TAB” again to leave edit mode
- Export: “File > Export > Stl”
- Option 2: Add the text in your slicer
- Install the license plate font from the other files (license_plate_font.zip)
- Import one of the STLs (car_no_text.stl or motorcycle_no_text.stl)
- Add text as you want in your slicer
Recommended print settings
- Layer Height: 0.1mm
- Initial Layer Height: 0.24mm
- Print Thin Walls: Enabled
- No supports needed
- For multi color: Change filament just before layer 15
Assembly
- Add some sort of attachment (I recommend this chain (affiliate link) as seen in the image) to one spool cap
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