topic Re: How to create vertical 3D text? in Libraries & objects

How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:21:40 GMT

Hello, hello again!

I want to create 3d text but want it to sit vertically on a wall surface rather than horizontally so you read it from floor to ceiling - a bit like how words are written on a book spine.

Can anyone help?

Someone did tell me that you have to create each letter in a slab and then lift the slab. But if this is so, I can't see how you can lift a slab?

Thanks in advance!

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Barry Kelly — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:31:57 GMT

Have a look in your default Archicad library.
There is a 3D text object in there somewhere.
Can't say where exactly as I don't use that library.

You will probably have to add each letter separately as I don't think it can do multi-line text.

Barry.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:36:14 GMT

Thanks barry.

But that only gives me the option to write in the usual way - left to right. I want to write bottom to top.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Barry Kelly — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:42:31 GMT

That's what I meant when I said you will probably have to add each letter separately.
That object doesn't allow for multi-line text.
So you have to add a new object for each vertical position.
Barry.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:47:08 GMT

Hmmm. I see what you are saying.

But that would give me the sentence one letter on top of another. Like this:

U
O
Y

K
N
A
H
T

But I want the sentence to read like this: THANK YOU, but on a 45 degree angle. Kinda so that you have to tilt your head to read it. Like book spines.

Or am I missing something really obvious in what you have just said to me?

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Barry Kelly — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:11:25 GMT

I get what you mean.
Unfortunatey this object allows you to lay the text down flat on the ground but not rotate it in elevation.

There is however an object rotator in the object depesitory that you could use unless you want to get into GDL scripting.
It's in the "Archicad Modules" section and is called "Rotator".
It can rotate any other object in any of the 3 axis.

There may also be another object out there already that does what you want but you will need to wait for the rest of the world to wake up for more replies.

Barry.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Rod Jurich — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:43 GMT

martini-girl wrote:
/..... THANK YOU, but on a 45 degree angle. Kinda so that you have to tilt your head to read it. Like book spines.

Something like this?
Let me know and I'll post a copy of my part.
I have just added the ability to rotate in all 3 planes.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:55:29 GMT

Yes Rod!! That looks like you rotated the text 45 degrees up a wall? I want to rotate up 90 degrees.

So how did you do that? I tried to follow what Barry said but I'm too much of a novice (and not to mention completely computer dumb) to figure it out.

So give me the instructions s-l-o-w-l-y lol!

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:04:44 GMT

Try the "MultiText 3D" object in the library below.
It should do the trick.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:48:04 GMT

Thank you olivier.

But can you explain how to load a Library Part as I have never done that before.

Thank you!

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:59:14 GMT

martini-girl wrote:
Thank you olivier.

But can you explain how to load a Library Part as I have never done that before.

Thank you!

UnZip the "MultiTexte 3D.lib" and put it anywhere on your HD.

Go to Library Manager > browse your HD and add this new library > reload > done.

HTH.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:17:39 GMT

Thanks Olivier. I downloaded that lbrary part woth your instructions but sadly it still doesn't give me vertical text. Only curved and multilines (which will be good later on!).

Any other suggestions?

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:45:58 GMT

martini-girl wrote:
Thanks Olivier. I downloaded that lbrary part woth your instructions but sadly it still doesn't give me vertical text. Only curved and multilines (which will be good later on!).

Any other suggestions?

MultiText - 3D Straight
Settings page > There is an option to rotate the text (x, y ,z).
Text page > Select the number of lines.

Tape your text "THANK YOU" on Line 1, and rotate Y axis by -90 degrees
Or, tape "T" on Line 1, "H" on Line 2, "A" on Line 3, etc...
according to the effect you want.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:01:45 GMT

Olivier! I got it! It worked! I am so happy.

Thank you!

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:44:46 GMT

I have a similar question but involving a surface that I would like to be vertical. I created a mesh in autocad and want to place it on a surface that I can cut voids out of and be vertical at the same time. I did a similar thing to a roof surface and it worked great but it can not go completely vertical. Please help if you can offer me advice.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:35:05 GMT

wstgermaine wrote:
I have a similar question but involving a surface that I would like to be vertical. I created a mesh in autocad and want to place it on a surface that I can cut voids out of and be vertical at the same time. I did a similar thing to a roof surface and it worked great but it can not go completely vertical. Please help if you can offer me advice.

This sounds like a task for SEOs but if you made the mesh in AutoCAD it may be difficult to get it into ArchiCAD as a viable solid. I can't recall if I've tried any solid ops with DWG parts.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Tue, 15 May 2018 08:12:40 GMT

Hi,

Is there a particular way I can download the library for the 3D MultiText? It seems I can only open the png...

Thank you,
Ana

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Barry Kelly — Tue, 15 May 2018 08:35:13 GMT

anadoramateiL53 wrote:
Hi,

Is there a particular way I can download the library for the 3D MultiText? It seems I can only open the png...

Thank you,
Ana

I found a link to it in another post, but that web page doesn't exist any more.
It seems Oliver who created the part hasn't been active here since 2014.

Barry.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 15 May 2018 08:46:20 GMT

If you're just wanting rotated 3d text, the current 3d text object in the default library can perform it.

Ling.

Re: How to create vertical 3D text?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2018 06:43:53 GMT

Thank you for your reply.
What I need though is an object that I can use to write vertical text (not a rotated text). Write horizontal letters but sort of "wrap" the text box so that I get one letter on one line. My only solution for now is using one 3D text object for one letter and this gets really messy in time, I know it
I'm looking for on objects that writes:
T
E
X
T

Thank you,
Ana