Creates a 3D-text object allowing control of font, style, and size.
How to use
1. Click the 3D Text icon or choose the Tools > Primitives > 3D Text command. The word "Text" is added to the scene.
2. The program console prompts Local axes origin.
3. Position the local axes either by clicking and dragging in any view (release the mouse button to confirm placement) or by typing its XYZ coordinates in the console. If you press Enter without typing any value, the axes origin of the plane will be placed in correspondence with the XYZ origin.
4. At the Text height console prompt type the height value in the console or click the Text height hotSpot and drag it. Release the mouse button when you reach the desired height.
5. Open the Modeling Tool panel and type the text string that you want to create in the Text field. Pressing the Choose Font button displays a panel allowing you to choose font, style, and size for the text you have typed.
Options
Text
To type the text string that you want to create.
Modeling Tool panel. After positioning the local axes, type the text string and press Enter to confirm.
Text height
To modify the text height.
Views. Click the Text height hotSpot and drag it. Release the mouse button when you reach the desired height.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Choose font
To choose font and size.
Modeling Tool panel. Press Choose font and use the panel that appears to choose font, style, and size for your 3D text.
Text options
To determine whether to keep outlines only or to extrude them.
Modeling Tool panel. Switch the chosen radio button on. You have the following options:
Outlines (default).
Filled. Outlines are filled.
Extruded. When you choose this option, outlines will have an extrusion length of 1.
Extrusion length
To modify the extrusion length of the text. You must first enable the Extruded option in the above section.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.