6. Hello! (3D text)

You will see how easy it is (even a child can do it) to create and model 3D text with Amapi 3D.

Composing the text

q Tool: Text q Do it: 1. Select the Text tool. 2. Select the font and the style. 3. Select the extrusion mode (to make 3D text). 4. In the text window, type: Hello! (or any text you want) and validate. You've got 3D text! q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Construction/Text

Modeling the text

Þ Step 1: Draw a bending curve

q Tool: Drawing tool, Interpolated Curve q Open the model file: Hello1 q Do it: To do it, just draw a 2D curve which will be the bending path. q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Construction/Drawing/ Interpolated Curve

Þ Step 2: Bending the text

q Tool: Bend q Do it: Select the text as the current object and click on the curve to bend it. WARNING! The only constraint is to be in a front view with the bending curve. q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Modeling/Bend