How to create vertical 3D text?

[Anonymous]

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!

[Barry Kelly]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Barry Kelly]

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.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Barry Kelly]

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.

[Rod Jurich]

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.

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Thank you olivier.

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

Thank you!