×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

(OP)
Howdy,

I have what I thought to be a simple task that has again, not gone well for me. Here's the deal: I want to make some multiline text into a 3D solid. I've been looking around and so far all I found comes from the Autodesk site. Here's what it had:

-------------------------
Applies to:
AutoCADĀ® 2005
AutoCADĀ® 2004


To easily create 3D text for your model, follow these steps:

1. Format your text using an outlined or filled font (like ARIAL).

2. Use the Explode Text Express tool (txtexp) to reduce your text to a bunch of closed polylines.

3. EXTRUDE these plines to the desired thickness.

4. Use UNION to join them all back together. - Place the 3D text on the model

Keywords = 3D, model, text, txtexp
-------------------------

The major problem I have is that the txtexp command it's talking about doesn't seem to exist (at least not for me). I'm using AutoCAD 2005 so I'm guessing it should be there. Simple concepts I know, but my life isn't ment to be easy. If anyone has a god way to convert text into a 3D solid, I'd be most appreciative if you would share the technique with me.

Thanks again,
-Kellindil

RE: Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

Quote:

The major problem I have is that the txtexp command it's talking about doesn't seem to exist (at least not for me). I'm using AutoCAD 2005 so I'm guessing it should be there.

Did You install the Express Tools? The tools are on the ACAD-CD. What happend, if You type "txtexp"?

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

RE: Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

(OP)
Well, that sure did solve the problem. I feel a little more lame for the experience, but at least I've learned something I guess. I just wish that the basics were explained a little better sometimes. Nobody in my office had heard of Express Tools and I never thought to look on the CD for add-ons.

Thanks for that Exxit, much appreciated :)
-Kellindil

RE: Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

Now that you have them, explore them!!  There are MANY cool solutions there!!

RE: Changing Multiline Text into 3D Solid

(OP)
Excelent links. They were really quite handy. I'll start picking through them over the next couple of days in my spare time (Ha! Spare time... like that exists anymore).

Thanks,
-Kellindil

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources