{"id":164520,"date":"2022-03-17T11:09:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/?post_type=kb&p=164520"},"modified":"2023-01-31T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T06:41:52","slug":"stl-to-ascii-generator-create-an-art-from-existing-3d-models","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/stl-to-ascii-generator-create-an-art-from-existing-3d-models","title":{"rendered":"STL to ASCII Generator \u2013 Create An Art From Existing 3D Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, a 3D printing pioneer Andrew Sink startled the community with another generator, this time an STL to ASCII generator. With the increasing number of STL files available on various file repositories, such a generator may find an interesting use. Let\u2019s see what is ASCII and ASCII art, how to play with existing STL files, and where the results of such 3D Art can be used.<\/p>\n

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There are many generators that convert images and text into ASCII combinations. However, the\u00a0STL to ASCII generator by Andrew Sink<\/a>\u00a0is especially dear to 3D designers as, in a matter of seconds, they can see their designs in a different format. And in some cases, the results are very impressive.<\/p>\n

What is ASCII And ASCII Art?<\/h2>\n

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
\nASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard.<\/em>
\nSource:\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n(=\u2019.\u2019=)
\n(\u201c)^(\u201c)<\/p>\n

Computerized ASCII Art exists for more than 40 years. Before the era of emojis, such symbol combinations were used in chats, forums and emails to spice up the conversation. There are huge galleries available online to scroll through and to find specific combinations. From animals to space-themed creations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Valentine\u2019s Day Gift Idea (Screenshots from Blender and STL to ASCII Generator)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3D ASCII images are much busier symbol combinations. And it is harder to see the creator\u2019s message which sometimes needs some zooming in\/out to find the right focus. What may seem to be a mass of meaningless symbols to some, for others can be recognizable silhouettes of dear items and designs.<\/p>\n

In his video, Andrew goes through the code and shares some of the results published by the community members.<\/p>\n