# Chamfer V-carved text

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448 "2021-02-16T14:02:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Signpainter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Signpainter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Signpainter)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448/1 "2021-02-16T14:02:25Z")

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How do I make letters like they are v-carved? I´ve tried with chamfer but it only allow a chiseled edge upwards, not downwards…

![Screenshot 2021-02-16 at 15.01.37](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/a5c89552964ceac0e7308969b7e7656b610aaa07.png)

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**Author:** ![realdrogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/realdrogo/32/8459_2.png) [@realdrogo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/realdrogo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448/2 "2021-02-16T18:36:59Z")

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Just a thought but… if you were create new bodies from the letters and chamfer from below instead of above and use those bodies to subtract from the body you want the letters in.

Like typesetting.

That’s probably an oversimplification of the process but might give you a starting point.

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**Author:** ![realdrogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/realdrogo/32/8459_2.png) [@realdrogo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/realdrogo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448/3 "2021-02-16T18:41:53Z")

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If you haven’t found the text tool @Yepher created it’s well worth the couple bucks. Super useful.

> [@My Custom Text Helper](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/7):
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> As requested “Text To Drawing” is now available in the AppStore for iPad. It is a bare-bones tool for the specific purpose of making it easy to get text into Shapr3D for basically the price of buying me a cup of coffee. US AppStore Link: [‎Text To Drawing on the App&nbsp;Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-to-drawing/id1550186969)

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448/4 "2021-02-16T19:37:10Z")

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Excellent idea!

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**Author:** ![Signpainter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Signpainter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Signpainter)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448/6 "2021-02-17T08:38:18Z")

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That works, however its not optimal. I was able to create this, however it involve a lot of chamfer and extrude, it´s a breeze to do this in Sketchup & Cinema 4D but a real hassle in Shapr 😐

 ![IMG_0025.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7ec3b3f2aac80f979a241b308a26165dcb577304.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/robert/32/1329_2.png) [@Robert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/chamfer-v-carved-text/11448/7 "2021-02-17T08:56:19Z")

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Use the extrude tool from the menu and choose height and angle.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/d9a668f07cb3bf784c3f378a14b9e1957310796d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1e9f08c725a50953faa189bb3c0e7a45371e66f7.jpeg)