topic Re: Curved Text in Modeling

Curved Text

Steve Jepson — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:52:17 GMT

Does anyone remember that add-on or whatever it was that we could use to make curved text. As in text that would read about a circle or arc ? https://thesourcecad.com/how-to-curve-text-in-autocad/

Archi Guru was it? Something like that. Is that still around, any one know were to get it ?

Not this -- https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/25566/

Re: Curved Text

Carstenem — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:12:42 GMT

Just use the normal 3D text tool. When placed use - Reshape - Explode into view. This will give you a fill around your letters. Now copy and paste the fill into the Profiler - save to be used as wall or beam = curve

Re: Curved Text

Steve Jepson — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:27:06 GMT

Carstenem wrote:
Just use the normal 3D text tool. When placed use - Reshape - Explode into view. This will give you a fill around your letters. Now copy and paste the fill into the Profiler - save to be used as wall or beam = curve

That is one of many work-a-rounds for that, but somewhere out there, is an add-on for ArchiCAD that does this really easy. I may have to go back 10 or 15 years into my old hard drives to find it. ?

No one rembers this add-on?

Re: Curved Text

Ted Taylor — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:54:02 GMT

See if this is it.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/download/file.php?id=28965

Re: Curved Text

Steve Jepson — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:09:36 GMT

Ted wrote:
See if this is it.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/download/file.php?id=28965

I don't think this is it... It's much better! Thanks

Re: Curved Text

aa-Paris — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:03:21 GMT

The download link to the curved text tool is no longer working.
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It seems there was a tool available before that was simply called "Curved Text Object" by Applecore Designs. The GSM text object seems to have been commercialised for a while, but now Applecore Designs has ceased to exist. Maybe the text tool is lost on us, except if past users are willing to share.
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Archicad Object: Curved Text Object - Youtube Video
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Pretty frustrating Graphisoft does not provide a native tool for basic 2D curved text. Or keep their links valid.
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