dumfatnhappy Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'm trying to imprint on say 4 sides of a cube, anyway my problem is exploding text so I can extrude and thus imprint... I'm using express tools explode text command and it really butchers the text as shown. is there a better way to do this? or do we know what causes this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP_ Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Try TextToGeometry by Sean Tessier, much better than txtexp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 2nd text2geom way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumfatnhappy Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 couldn't find anything resembling text2geom(etry) ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Actually, a 2015/2016 version currently awaits approval at the Exchange. that version can be found here, though: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?90737-Text-To-Geometry-2015-Testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 TXTEXP is just doing a WMFOUT and WMFIN. If I'm not mistaken WMFOUT results depend on the zoom level in the viewport when you run the command. Zoom in on the text as close as possible before running the command. I see a big difference when I try it. Compare the top result to the bottom result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I recommend SEANT's Text to Geometry also. rkmcswain, yes, you are correct, TXTEXP is just doing the WMFOUT/WMFIN. You can also use Illustrator/Inkscape to convert Fonts to Outlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 If I'm not mistaken WMFOUT results depend on the zoom level in the viewport when you run the command. Learned something new today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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