einnatz Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 When I try to render an image of my 3D drawing, the material shows up correctly but the text on the drawing doesn't show up. I would appreciate some help. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Can you post some images and a .dwg to show what is going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I don't think you can render text. You will probably have to add any annotation to the rendered image in some image editing software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bethel Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 If you are using a fillied TrueTypeFont and have given it some thickness, it should render. Autocad's shx fonts are the same. -David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 +1 to David, yes that should work. For me, I'd still rather do it in an image editor but to each their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 If he's talking about dimensions then not only will he need to use the TrueTypeFont font with a thickness, but he will also have to do something about the extension lines, arrowheads, etc. I'm with f700es. I would add the text and dimensions in an image editor after rendering. A simple way to do this would be to set up a viewport with your model, text, dimensions etc. Then do a render to get your image. After that, turn off your model in the viewport and print a pdf of your text and dimensions. Then simply composite the two together in your image editor. I have done this sort of thing before and it's very quick and easy. Here's one I did a while back using the procedure I mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Why slow down the render with things you can add in afterwords? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Why slow down the render with things you can add in afterwords? Like I always say, work smart, not hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Yep, I'd add those in with Illustrator, Corel Draw or Inkscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 OMG at the auto-wreck typo! "afterwards" ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 OMG at the auto-wreck typo! "afterwards" ftw ____________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I am here all week folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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