1. have ansible installed locally
2. run ansible-playbook setup_application.yml
   • this sets up directories, installs system packages, and sets up python environment
3. source ./start.sh
   • this will assume the created virtualenv
4. to convert text to svg, modify python code and runpython text_to_svg.py
5. to convert pngs or svgs to stl, modify playbook and run ansible-playbook convert_png.yml
6. slice output stl as desired