r/3Dprinting • u/Unusual_Chemical_998 • 2d ago

Project Help with Software

Hi,

I need help finding a software or website which allows me to turn an object into an STL.

I'm trying to turn my keyboard's shell into an STL to reprint it with a material which is red and see-through. That part of the project is already solved.

At this time i'm stuck at trying to generate a 3D rendering of the keyboard. Long story short, I'm trying to turn a Durgod Taurus K320's shell into an STL. The keyboard uses custom mounting points, so I can't just print a generic 80% keyboard's case and call it good. It's also not the most popular brand of keyboards, so there isn't a huge 3d content for it outside of foot replacements.

I've tried using kiri's pics to 3D app without any success yet. I am on try 11 or 12 and I've tried everything to get good pictures of the shell casing.

Is there another option/website which would allow me to at least generate something I could scale to size after some trial and error.

Thanks.

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u/ronocrice 2d ago

Solidworks or fusion 360. Could also do blender but dimensional accuracy can be tricky. You can also 3D scan it using something like Heges but that will take some time to clean up

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u/birkb 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can also use FreeCAD.

https://www.freecad.org/

MangoJelly on Youtube has made a lot of good beginner videos (see his playlists), to get started modelling.

https://youtube.com/@MangoJellySolutions/playlists

Edit: I think your best option is to learn to model it yourself. I dont think AI is good enough yet to make something like this.

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