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Lightbox Name Generator

Name-shaped light box with a two-color lid and a hole for LED wiring, made from your text

Lightbox Name Generator is a free browser tool on MakerWorld for light-up name signs for kids' rooms, desks and events. Free to customize and download with a MakerWorld account; Standard Digital File License, so no sharing files or selling prints. LEDs are bought separately. Exports STL and 3MF. Last checked .

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What is Lightbox Name Generator?

Lightbox Name Generator is a free MakerWorld customizer that turns a name or short word into a small light box whose outline follows the letters like a rounded cloud. It makes two parts: a hollow body with a round hole in the back for LED wiring, and a flat lid that carries the name. It runs in MakerWorld's Parametric Model Maker, so you fill in a form instead of editing OpenSCAD code.

You type the text, pick a font and set the text size, the box depth and the LED hole diameter. Expert fields move the hole and change the base and name layer thickness. A flat base option keeps the box upright when the name has letters like g or j, and a fill option closes the gap that spaces or symbols leave at the bottom. Preview mode shows the text face up; switch to print mode before exporting so the lid lies face down for a clean first layer. The name sits in a 0.8 mm layer that you color with the paint bucket in Bambu Studio.

It suits anyone making a name light for a child's room, a desk or a wedding table. For two lines of text or more fonts, the designer, migueljeronimoa, points people to his newer multi-line version.

What you can make

  • Light-up name boxes
  • Kids' room name lights
  • Desk and door name signs
  • Wedding and event name lights

How to use Lightbox Name Generator

  1. Open the model page in a desktop browser, sign in to MakerWorld and click Customize
  2. Type the name, choose a font and set text size, depth and LED hole diameter
  3. Set mode to print, turn on flat base if needed, then generate and export
  4. Paint the name in a second color in Bambu Studio and print both parts
  5. Feed an LED strip or string lights through the hole in the back and close the lid

What you'll need to print it

Filament and parts that suit what you make with Lightbox Name Generator.

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Lightbox Name Generator pros

  • Name, font, size, depth and LED hole size are all set in a browser form
  • Flat base and gap-fill options deal with descenders and names with spaces
  • Widely used, with over 32,000 customizations, and the designer still answers questions in the comments

Lightbox Name Generator cons

  • One line of text and a short font list, and some special characters such as apostrophes do not come out; the designer's newer version adds multi-line text and far more fonts
  • The two-color name is painted by hand in Bambu Studio, and the published print profile needs an AMS
  • Customizing needs a MakerWorld login and a desktop web browser, not the Bambu Handy app, and two commenters could not get it to run in Safari

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