# Odd text projection consequence

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358 "2022-02-11T20:45:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Jagey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jagey/32/13115_2.png) [@Jagey](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jagey)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/1 "2022-02-11T20:45:46Z")

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projected some text onto a cylinder (tin) with the following result…odd!

 ![Screenshot 2022-02-11 at 20.38.50](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/e63f292b85696d9f15ee1800a0cb746cd36fd42e.jpeg)

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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 11, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/2 "2022-02-11T21:32:20Z")

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You need to unselect the inner portions of those letters with inner loops.

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**Author:** ![Jagey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jagey/32/13115_2.png) [@Jagey](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jagey)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/3 "2022-02-11T21:48:08Z")

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It isn’t the enclosed loop that puzzles me…it’s the weird distortion of the cylinder…looks like it’s about to explode!

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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 12, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/4 "2022-02-12T01:05:34Z")

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Ah. Sorry. I didn’t realize which aspect you were referring to.

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**Author:** ![Romulus369](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/romulus369/32/2871_2.png) [@Romulus369](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Romulus369)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/5 "2022-02-12T02:02:29Z")

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You may have serendipitously come upon a neat feature for shaping surfaces or solids?🥳

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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:** [February 12, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/6 "2022-02-12T06:35:50Z")

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Did you select and move the projected letters ?

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**Author:** ![Jagey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jagey/32/13115_2.png) [@Jagey](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jagey)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/7 "2022-02-14T19:59:25Z")

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@Istvan  
I pressed the space bar while hovering over the surface of the cylinder then added text to the plane - then I projected the text onto the cylinder - I didn’t notice the weird distortion until a bit later.

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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:** [February 17, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/odd-text-projection-consequence/17358/8 "2022-02-17T13:24:25Z")

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Projection should not change the surface that you are projecting onto. If you experience this issue again, or have a way to reproduce it, please let us know.