a free STL of any name

Type a name, pick a lettering, and we email you the 3D file of the pendant for free. No account. It's a binary STL in millimetres, one closed piece, made to be cast in metal. You can also print it or open it in any 3D program.

what's in the file

Format: binary STL, units in millimetres, so it imports at the right size without scaling.
One solid piece: a closed (watertight) mesh with the letters, the bridges and both jump rings already fused together.
Shape: a 1.2 mm plate with a flat back and the front edges rounded off (0.4 mm radius), like polished jewelry.
Size: lowercase letters are 4.2 mm tall in every lettering, and the pendant is at most 44 mm wide. Longer names are scaled down to fit.
File name: the name, lettering and metal, for example lina-classic-silver.stl.

real files, measured

The numbers for a few names, taken from the files themselves.

name	lettering	size	triangles	file	volume
Ava	classic script	25.0 × 11.4 × 1.2 mm	61k	2.9 MB	108 mm³
Olivia	classic script	31.5 × 11.4 × 1.2 mm	84k	4.0 MB	152 mm³
Elizabeth	classic script	43.8 × 11.1 × 1.2 mm	102k	4.8 MB	205 mm³
Olivia	rounded	29.9 × 8.7 × 1.2 mm	63k	3.0 MB	112 mm³

Height runs from the top of the tallest letter to the bottom of the lowest. The fine mesh is what keeps the rounded edges smooth once cast. 1,000 mm³ is 1 ml, so a name pendant takes well under a millilitre of resin or wax.

checked for casting

Lost-wax casting in gold and silver has limits that a font doesn't know about. Every file is built to them before it's sent:

No line thinner than 0.8 mm. Hairline strokes are thickened, so scripts come out a little bolder than the font (how much, per lettering).
No gaps narrower than 0.3 mm. Metal would fill them anyway, so they're closed on purpose.
Loose parts joined. Dots on an i or j and separate letters get 1 mm bridges, so nothing falls off.
Two jump rings fused on. 3.6 mm across with a 1.9 mm hole, for chains up to 1.5 mm thick.

what you can do with it

Have it cast in metal: Upload it to Shapeways* and choose sterling silver, 14K yellow, 14K rose or 18K yellow gold. They cast, polish and post it, and set the price. Ordering it from Shapeways goes step by step (units, size check, metal, finish), and the four metals has weights and rough costs.
Print a test first: A cheap print shows how big it looks on the neck before you pay for gold (or see pendant sizes by name length). A resin printer holds the 0.8 mm strokes well; a filament printer with a standard 0.4 mm nozzle will lose some of the finest ones, which is fine for checking size.
Take it to a jeweler: A jeweler who does lost-wax casting can print it in castable resin or wax and cast it in their own metal.
Change it in a 3D program: The STL opens in Blender, Tinkercad, Fusion or any slicer. It's a mesh, not a CAD body, so small edits are easy and big ones are easier here: change the name or lettering and get a new file.

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