nesibus opened this issue on May 28, 2004 ยท 6 posts
nesibus posted Fri, 28 May 2004 at 4:08 PM
I'm looking for something easy for text kinda like Elefont, but with a little more control, one that lets you round out the letter and what not.
pauljs75 posted Fri, 28 May 2004 at 6:08 PM
Attached Link: http://www.ulead.com/cool3d/runme.htm
Ulead's Cool 3D might work for that.Your friendly neighborhood Wings3D nut.
Also feel free to browse my freebies at ShareCG.
There might be something worth downloading.
nesibus posted Fri, 28 May 2004 at 7:39 PM
let me rephrase...i also need to be able to export it as a .3ds or .obj
pauljs75 posted Fri, 28 May 2004 at 11:33 PM
You might be able to do that with the text in Wings3D. But it'll involve some work on your part to make it look right. Not exactly instant or easy beveled or rounded text.
Your friendly neighborhood Wings3D nut.
Also feel free to browse my freebies at ShareCG.
There might be something worth downloading.
BazC posted Sat, 29 May 2004 at 4:48 AM
I would think Wings is as easy as anything. You're basically importing splines and converting to polys which has a tendency to get messy. I'd set it up to get as low a poly count as you can while keeping the shape of the text. That way you have less work sorting out the mesh. Once you're happy with the layout of the polys select all of the front and back faces and hit L. This will select all the edges that define the edges so that you can bevel, extrude or whatever to set the hardness after smoothing. - Baz
pakled posted Sat, 29 May 2004 at 11:34 AM
Attached Link: http://www.wings3d.com
I've done text in Wings (quite recently, in fact)..I've found that sometimes, especially with sans serif fonts, that just smoothing it once will make for a better appearance. Once you've got the actual model, you have all the controls for it that you do in the other primitives..and it's free..I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
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