Re: [rp-ml] Buildable Type Font

You can use magics to create a 3d font by putting the characters on say
a plane, then using a boolean or cut to free them of the plane. Then
save each individual character as a separate stl... Tedious, but it
could be done.
Dustin

Mitchell, Doug (D.B.) wrote:

>Stewart,
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>Are you looking to place text on a part, or do you want to build the
>text itself?
>I have made letters and numbers alone, but created the characters on a
>CAD system.
>If you want to place characters on a part, Magics does a great job.
>
>Doug
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On
>Behalf Of Stewart Dickson
>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:47 AM
>To: rp-ml
>Subject: [rp-ml] Buildable Type Font
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>Hello list,
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>Does anyone know of a complete 3-D type font which is SLA-buildable?
>(E.g., topologically water-tight polygon mesh.)
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>Thanks,
>
>-Stewart Dickson, Visualization Researcher
>Computer Science and Mathematics Division
>Oak Ridge National Laboratory
>http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~dickson
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Received on Thu Jul 08 20:29:42 2004