Text file - ADD TEXT

[Rob]

Alphabet.shapr (672 KB)

Hi guys,

For anyone looking to add text to their workspace, here’s a workaround until the function is added natively.

I put the characters on separate planes in groups of 5 or 6 to reduce slowdown.

Font is Arial

Anyone can feel free to upload their own fonts, numbers and non-alphanumerics

Enjoy

[tommyn]

Thanks for this; sounds useful… However I can’t seem to DL the Shapr file. I always end up with a file titled text.txt…

Could someone supply directions how to DL this on an iPad Pro? Please.

Thanks,

Tommy

[Chayanne]

Just launch forum through safari…

[tommyn]

Thanks, worked!

Tommy

[Socalkdl]

Can you explain the process used to create the text files in the first place? I need to create a 3D logo for my small business. Did you create the 3D characters in another program, save in an obj. File then import, or something like that?

[Rob]

Hi,
I wrote down A-Z and a-z in a Pages document, and took a screenshot
Imported the screenshot into Shapr3D and traced the letters using sketches
I used different planes and moved the image accordingly so as to keep it tidy. Using different planes, I was able to rename the sketches, and hide the groups - I find Shapr slows down significantly when a certain number of sketches/lines/points has been reached.
Cheers
^

[Socalkdl]

Thanks. I may have to give that a try.

[Paulr]

Hi Rob
Just found your txt work around. A lot of work on your part.
Really well done.
Thanks for sharing the file.
Paul

[Jfonseca]

Look at this guys!

"Import” shapes/text from .svg to avoid tracing

Hello everyone, Im creating a 3d printed letters w/led, I dont really like to trace sketches, so I use the following work-flow to do it. First, I use InkScape to create a .svg file, write a text (and convert it to path) or import a image (trace bitmap & convert it to path) [image] once I created a .svg file, the next step is to import it as geometry to create a .iges file using export command on FreeCad [image] Open the .iges file on Shapr3D, and start working on what you need [MILO] [MI…

this is my workflow to create text & other shapes

[Rob]

Thanks for the info, I don’t own a pc though it’s mobile only for me

[Johnmartin]

Where does this action save the file to on an iPad?
I go through the motions and it seems to indicate it has downloaded the file but I can’t find where it’s gone on the iPad.

Then just to preempt what’s going to be my next question.
Once I find the file how to I import into Shapr3D?

Thanks
John

[Yepher]

I would love to see text added to shapr so it can be extruded easily. This is how I’ve been handling it:

Use OpenSCAD with this line:

text("Your Text For Shar3d", "Arial SANS");

• Save file
• Menu->Design->Render
• File->Export->DXF

Then import that into Shapr3d place, scale, extrude etc, etc.