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Subject: How to get text in to poser?

webraiders opened this issue on Nov 09, 2001 · 18 posts
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webraiders ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:16 AM · edited Wed, 04 December 2024 at 10:43 AM

Hey does anybody know of a good utility to take some typed text and create a 3d object to import in to Poser. It would be nice to have it be able to all your fonts you have on your system like True Type Fonts and the like. ANy help here would be great. Thanks!

SAMS3D ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:24 AM

Attached Link: http://www.sams3d.com/Freebies1.htm

You can download our free alphabet model, which has the whole alphabet and numbers, uppercase and lowercase. All in .3ds format already modeled. Each letter and number is a separate model. Sharen I think that is the right link, if not go to www.sams3d.com and go to the freebies page.

SAMS3D ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:25 AM

yes, that is the right link, scroll to the bottom of the page, it is there. Sharen

MaxxArcher ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:26 AM

Ive got a nice tool somewhere called EleFont 1.4. Simple 3D TTF text creator with export. Its free, bit outdated but works fine. Ill try and find it. You might want to search the net for yourself... Maxx :-)

MaxxArcher ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:29 AM

Attached Link: http://www.armanisoft.ch/webdesign/elefont/elefont.htm

Found the link already. Check it out...

SAMS3D ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:35 AM

What a nice piece of software, I am going to try it too. Sharen

webraiders ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:54 AM

It's nice but it will not let me import the DFX file in to Poser. I can pull it in to Bryce and it looks great but then Bryce will not let me export it. Any sugestions?

Don ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 11:09 AM

I have a 3D Poser figure alphabet and numerals in the R Store. May not be what you want, but can serve a purpose. Look under DON in the store listings.

Nance ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 11:21 AM

webraiders, I've used it, but, IIRC, I had to pass the exported .DXF through 3D-Explorer for conversion to .OBJ to get around the incompatible .DXF problem. Also, I believe there are still some free 3D alphabets at 3DCC.

MaxxArcher ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 11:23 AM

Attached Link: http://www.stmuc.com/thbaier/

For 3D object conversion I use 3Dwin 4.0. Its free and usually all I need. Download the software and the demo key and only use 3DWin (not the OGL version). Tried it on an Elefont DXF export. Converted it to OBJ with 3DWin, the OBJ imported just fine in Poser... Maxx :-)

webraiders ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 11:56 AM

Perfect, Maxx that worked. Thanks for the help!

MaxxArcher ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 12:15 PM

Any time! ;-)

Bia ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 2:19 PM

cool! I love elefont and now, I will be able to make more use out of it! :)

Bia ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 2:23 PM

oh and ...thanks Sams3d for the great alphabet too! :)

Kalypso ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 4:31 PM
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In Bryce you have to choose the object, select the E (edit) button and once you get the smoothing box hit Ctrl+D (not sure what it is on a Mac) and you will get the export ability, scroll down, choose .obj and you're set. I regularly use Bryce for conversions. However you can only do that if it's an object that has been imported into bryce - doesn't work with booleans or other bryce-built objects.

brittmccary ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 6:38 PM

BT taught me the "export trick" in Bryce: 1) after importing your file to Bryce, click the little "E" to the right of your model 2) In edit mode you can first smooth your object by clicking the smooth sphere. Then 3) Click CTRL + D - et voila! your export menu pops up. One problem is that Poser won't IMPORT the .obj files created in Bryce. But I work around that by using another file format that Poser reads. Good luck. :) Britt


melanie ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 8:55 PM

I love EleFont. I've been using it for some time now. They also have something called Spiralizer, that makes spiral shapes. Very cool! Melanie

MaxxArcher ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 9:01 PM

Attached Link: http://www.povray.org/

Maybe some of you are looking to go out of your minds from not knowing what to download and test? Well, then visit the "Persistance Of Vision" site, home of the free POV-ray render program. Make sure you visit their link "Graphic Links"... Happy hunting Maxx :-)

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