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[SKYBLUE]

IS THERE A WHY OF PLACING TEXT ON A PART WITH OUT HAVING TO EXTRUDE IT?


HOW DO YOU COLORJUST THE TEXT?

 

[prohammy]

Do it as a sketched curve


Kev

 

[trillicomm]

upload the screenshot of the model surface which you want to add text on.

 

[michaelpaul]

Do it as a sketched curve


Kev

it sounds like he wants the ability to change the surface color of the text without actually extruding the feature to create new surfaces. adding a sketch will not achieve this. I'm not sure how to split a surface so that you can give that surface different characteristics though. to accomplish this, I've always just extruded the skethed text a very small amount <= .001 and then change the surface color of the raised or embossed text.

Michael

 

[trillicomm]

you don't want to solidify the text using surface because it blocks hidden lines.

create a text sketch and right click it to select Properties, choose any color you want.

see my screen shot
View attachment 3331

 

[SKYBLUE]

I GOT THE TEXT ON THE OBJECT USING THE SKETCH TOOL AND I FILLED THE TEXT WITH A HATCH. THE PROBLEM I HAVE NOW IS CHANGING THE TEXT TO BLACK.I ACCESS THE PROPERTIES WINDOW BUT THE USER DEFINED COLOR BUTTON ISN'T LETTING ME CHANGE THE COLOR. WHEN I CHANGE THE COLOR TO ONE OF THE AVALIBLE COLORS, ONLY THE LETTERS OUTLINE CHANGES. HOW DO I CHANGE THE HATCH COLOR?



Edited by: SKYBLUE

 

[prohammy]

LMBon any one of the hatchinglines, RMB and choose Properties and then choose Line Style, from there its same as you did above


Kev

 

[prohammy]

PS. Re earlier post and PM, see trill's post


Kev

 

[SKYBLUE]

Couldn't pick the hatching line, kept picking the surface underneath. I finally just went to "system color" and changed the "letter" color. That worked out fine. I got whatI wanted. Thanks all


Skyblue

 

[lunite]

Skyblue, How do you hatch the text? Edit/Fill does not do it. I am trying to create text without extruding it too. I am using WildFire 3.0. Thank you.

 

[magneplanar]

skyblue,

you can project the text onto the surface, copy the surface and exclude the area outside the text boundary and color the new surface. If the color is blended due to the surfaces being in the same space then offset a copy slightly and color that.

cheers,

M