# Draw text on an arc?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156 "2023-08-02T21:20:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![XSFSPD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bcef8e/32.png) [@XSFSPD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/XSFSPD)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156/1 "2023-08-02T21:20:27Z")

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I am looking to see if there is a simple way to add text to a surface using a pre defined arc sketch. This picture shows letters curved on a simple arc. This was created using Fusion 360. I can’t seem to find an easy way to do this with in Shapr3D. Sure I can add the individual letters then position each individually at the desired angle and position but that is a pain.

 ![IMG_1344](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/9/e9ab4d7db49f445a447898d09d472ad2b7ac03bc.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![XSFSPD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bcef8e/32.png) [@XSFSPD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/XSFSPD)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156/3 "2023-08-03T07:15:33Z")

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Bummer…this one simple thing is the last thing I use fusion for.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156/5 "2023-08-03T16:01:48Z")

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For warped or arced text, I do it in Photoshop and import a jpg into Shapr3D and scale it to fit the object I’m working on. It works fine, although it would be nicer to do it all in Shapr.

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**Author:** ![Jonas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonas](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jonas)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156/6 "2023-08-04T09:27:13Z")

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In Lightburn you can do this to bend texts  
Really nice feature that we need here

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**Author:** ![XSFSPD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bcef8e/32.png) [@XSFSPD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/XSFSPD)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/draw-text-on-an-arc/27156/7 "2023-08-06T17:57:56Z")

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Oh nice! I’ll have to look into this