Ive imported an illustrator file and im trying to create a file to 3d print.
there is text in the file.
I extrude the text up, then cap them (tutorials helped me up to here)
Now how do i make the centers “hollow” like an O or an A. havent had luck with trim etc.
thanks.
Hello - if you select both inner and outer curves together and in the ExtrudeCrv command line options set ‘Solid=Yes’, you should get what you need.
-Pascal
ive seen a number of the youtube vids, mine doesnt has the menu or command line like that
Hello - yeah, it will look different on the mac but the command line options should be there in some form - also, using Solid (pulldown menu) > Extrude planar curve > Straight will get you the solid extrusion IF the curves are closed, planar, and not self-intersecting.
-Pascal
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ahhh
thanks, that worked! thought i played with them all.
well, worked once, now back to leaving letters filled in
Hello - most likely, the curves are self-intersecting - can you post one or two in a Rhino file?
-Pascal
That is an error I got this time.
Odd a ttf from an illustrator outline would be like that.
I’ll get one shortly.
Not at all - font curves are notoriously bad - fine for drawing text on screen but lousy from a surfacing point of view - poor continuity and often self-intersecting. The requirements are just not the same.
-Pascal
ok makes sense, im just thinking illustrator terms, when i do stickers.
bahh i give up, now it works again…
oktoberfest car show copy.3dm (4.4 MB)
