Prerequisites

• OpenSCAD
  • Download the latest development snapshot, not the download links on top (which haven't been updated since 2015)
• Inkscape
• Inkscape Extention - for exporting DXF files from InkScape
  • GitHub repo
• Alternative: Inkscape Extention - paths2openscad

Steps using OpenSCAD DXF Export

1. Open monochrome svg in InkScape
2. File->Save As... "OpenSCAD DXF Output (*.DXF)"
   • Note: this failed one time because the .svg file didn't have a hight attribute specified in the root element. I had to add one myself to get it to work.
3. Open pentagon_interlocking.scad in OpenSCAD and

Helpful links/tutorials

• From PNG all the way to 3D Print
• Older Instructable