# My Custom Text Helper

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937 "2021-01-20T18:56:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/41 "2021-05-20T16:35:49Z")

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I have one enhancement request for the Text To Drawing iPad app: please add style selections for the text (bold, italics, etc.). For example, there’s no way to generate text in Helvetica Neue Bold.

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**Author:** ![Yepher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/yepher/32/8902_2.png) [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/42 "2021-05-20T16:48:39Z")

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Good idea. I will look into that

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/43 "2021-05-20T16:55:33Z")

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Great! I had to use Inkscape on my Mac to do it last night, but I’d much rather have a solution on my iPad for portability.

Is there any way to have the drawing inserted into an existing design from the Share panel, or do I have to save it to Files and then insert it within Shapr3D? I’m hoping this will become a moot point before too long if and when Shapr implements copying between designs.

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**Author:** ![Yepher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/yepher/32/8902_2.png) [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/44 "2021-05-20T17:08:07Z")

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For me, it imports directly to Shapr3D. Just select Shapr instead of files when you export the text.

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/45 "2021-05-20T17:35:04Z")

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Right, but it imports into a new design rather than an existing one. At least it did for me. And there’s currently no way to move objects or sketches between designs except by saving them from one design to a file and then loading that file into the other design.

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**Author:** ![Yepher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/yepher/32/8902_2.png) [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/46 "2021-05-20T18:47:40Z")

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The Shapr3D folks may be able to elaborate more on how this works. But I “believe” if you have a drawing already open in Sharp3D it will ask if you want to import in into the existing drawing or create a new drawing. At least that is how it works for me.

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/47 "2021-05-21T03:30:51Z")

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You’re right. Apparently when I tried it last night, the design wasn’t open. That’s pretty handy.

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**Author:** ![Ting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Ting](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ting)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/48 "2021-05-31T04:15:29Z")

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Yepher, I hope the Shapr folks sent you a t-shirt and offered you a job!

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/49 "2021-05-31T06:59:29Z")

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> [@Ting](#):
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> and offered you a job!

Actually I think we did 🤔

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**Author:** ![Udo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/udo/32/14916_2.png) [@Udo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Udo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/50 "2021-07-06T16:34:36Z")

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GREAT! Thank you so much! This makes things a lot easier and much faster! Purchased it!

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**Author:** ![Hipcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Hipcat](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hipcat)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/51 "2021-07-07T20:20:41Z")

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Thank You!

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/52 "2021-07-08T15:37:31Z")

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@Yepher: Did you ever look into supporting bold, italic, etc.?

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**Author:** ![Oldeshark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oldeshark/32/11280_2.png) [@Oldeshark](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oldeshark)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/53 "2021-07-31T13:13:33Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/84b7d3f1b3ebbb2c4ee5dd508982be6c66dd2466.jpeg)  
@Yepher

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**Author:** ![corey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/corey/32/11680_2.png) [@corey](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/corey)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/54 "2021-08-20T05:51:35Z")

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Life changed, do you have a donate link Chris? 1.99 is not enough…

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**Author:** ![woodbytes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/woodbytes/32/17195_2.png) [@woodbytes](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/woodbytes)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/55 "2021-09-06T18:21:41Z")

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Awesome project! I just discovered it.  
Since it is an iPad app, how about using Catalyst (like Shapr3D does it) to make it available on the Mac, too? I use Shapr only on macOS. 😃

Btw: If you publish it on GitHub as Open Source Software, I can help. 😉

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**Author:** ![Boatanchors](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/boatanchors/32/12039_2.png) [@Boatanchors](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Boatanchors)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/56 "2021-09-08T01:33:45Z")

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Super app with only one issue I have found. Letters that have “holes” have the holes as surfaces, not holes. This make the extruded letters solid where they should be “hollow”.

[Tap here to see a sample of the problem](https://share.icloud.com/photos/0WMsa4kKNlYlrtMSSbV_iZuVg)

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/57 "2021-09-08T03:29:09Z")

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You are referencing Sketches. Any sketch that is closed like a square or circle is tinted blue. If tinted blue then the enclosed sketch can be extruded, otherwise not. There are no surfaces in sketches. Merely extrude the letters and then hide the sketch. Letters with holes have holes.

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/58 "2021-09-08T19:39:06Z")

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And the holes themselves will be selectable for extrusion. Just make sure you don’t select them if you want those holes in your extrusion.

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**Author:** ![Boatanchors](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/boatanchors/32/12039_2.png) [@Boatanchors](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Boatanchors)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-custom-text-helper/10937/59 "2021-09-09T19:39:46Z")

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## Thanks for the help! Of course, you and TigerMike are correct…it just took a couple of minutes playing around and I figured it out.

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