I wanted my handle to look just as good as it was functional. Since this is meant to go on a drawer full of shirts, I had the perfect design in mind to use.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/3477951518747561147.png)
I've done some screen printing in the past - and this was a design I used on one of my shirts! Naturally, it felt very fitting to include on the drawer meant for shirts now that I had the chance.
Taking the PNG, I made an outline vector that would be compatible with Rhino.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/9872771518747634576.png)
When it imports, it imports just as curves and not solid faces. From here it had to be extruded, and edited from its original form to become a proper, printable 3D model.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/7211491518747685423.png)
Then I made sure to join it with the base of the handle, double checking that there would still be enough room between the handle itself and the mount for the dresser.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/1831541518747758096.png)
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/5446591518747782041.png)
It was now that I realized I wanted to better visualize the final output. Grey's not a fun colour to work with. First, however, I ensured that there were no non-manifold edges (there weren't any). In the process I did discover a few naked edges that had to be fixed before I exported as an OBJ and an STL file.
After these fixes, I brought the model into Blender to get a real idea of how I wanted the final to print. Since it's in multiple pieces, I could print them in multiple colours. I ended up going with green (a favourite colour of mine) and purple (which goes oh so wonderfully with the green!)
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/5565321518747984842.png)
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