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drclare
08-13-2003, 02:31 AM
Does anyone have any tips on how to make rounded-edge text. The problem with text created in modeler or imported from illustrator is that when you extrude it you have over four-point polys on the faces of the letters, so you can't subpatch it. And bevelling the faces alwasy results in gargled polys. Any ideas? Thanks.

Oh yeah, and how come i always have to reload fonts when i open modeler? They never stay there after i close the program.
prospector
08-13-2003, 09:20 AM
LW use to do that..And all sorts of nice stuff
took it out in ver 6

PUT IT BACK NEWTEK !!!

And it only loads the font you are going to use, but the last font used should stay loaded..mine does
jb_gfx
08-13-2003, 01:18 PM
Originally posted by prospector
LW use to do that..And all sorts of nice stuff
took it out in ver 6

PUT IT BACK NEWTEK !!!


Sorry? What are you talking about??


Btw you can use Julienne on your logo/text to subdivides them.
prospector
08-13-2003, 02:09 PM
use to be able to do neon sign type of tube lettering,
did beveled fonts automatically,
did rounded faced fonts automatically,
did circle words automatically
could write a paragraph and use spacing and format also
automatically.
riki
08-13-2003, 09:05 PM
yeah the text tool is a bit odd in LW. I use to be able to save the font list but it doesn't work anymore. It only seems to work if you use the PSFonts that ship with LW
richpr
08-13-2003, 09:58 PM
There are no issues with the fonts list on my PC... I load and save it once and they are there everytime... Only TTF though...
riki
08-13-2003, 10:08 PM
I'm on Mac OS9.2. even when I'm trying to load the LW Fonts the File Chooser doesn't recognise them. I have to select 'Show All Documents'.

I can save the font list but it only remember's the LW Fonts.
policarpo
08-14-2003, 12:02 AM
Originally posted by drclare
Does anyone have any tips on how to make rounded-edge text. The problem with text created in modeler or imported from illustrator is that when you extrude it you have over four-point polys on the faces of the letters, so you can't subpatch it. And bevelling the faces alwasy results in gargled polys. Any ideas? Thanks.

Oh yeah, and how come i always have to reload fonts when i open modeler? They never stay there after i close the program.

this might be what you are looking for...or not. :)
i used Router on the text to get the nice beveled edges...


http://www.policarpo.us/tutorials/router_tool.avi
drclare
08-14-2003, 01:16 AM
Hey poilcarpo, thanks! It's not a fantastic solution but it is definitely better. If you set the edge width too high it will still mess up the polygons, but otherwise it is what i was looking for. There are some many tools in that "additional" section that i didn't even know tools like this were there. At first i thought this was a third party plug-in, but it's nice that it is within lightwave. Thanks again.
policarpo
08-14-2003, 01:25 AM
no problem.

i just went to look for it on OSX and guess what...it isn't there. :(

damn lack of legacy plug-ins not ported to OSX.

i also think that Bevel++ will handle text bevels a bit better. :)

see here (http://www.dtium.com/software/bevelpp/)
drclare
08-14-2003, 01:31 AM
I am using OS X and i have the router tool. Im using 7.5b, maybe that's why.

Bevel++ does look better. Actually, it looks like exactly what i would want, but it looks like it is only for windows. Too bad.
policarpo
08-14-2003, 01:34 AM
hrmmm....i guess i need to look in my Folders again for router..but i didn't see it anywhere...hrmm....did 7.5c kill my stuff again?:D
riki
08-14-2003, 01:38 AM
Router isn't a Legacy Plugin it's an Lscript
policarpo
08-14-2003, 01:45 AM
Hahahah...awesome...thanks riki!
riki
08-14-2003, 02:47 AM
Actually I think you can get some nice curved effects by mixing SubDs and normal Polys.
riki
08-14-2003, 02:53 AM
Here's my model
bopuc
08-14-2003, 03:41 AM
riki,
can you please share your 'lw colour settings' because I really like the look of that goldie surface on blue background. Please include your gold surface colour which is not in 'lw hub config file'.

thanks.
riki
08-14-2003, 05:05 AM
Hi bopuc the BGD blue is pretty simple just R092 G115 B133

Plus here's a Preset for the Yellow
riki
08-14-2003, 05:22 AM
Here's a large pix, a bit more rounded, plus the wire frame.
prospector
08-14-2003, 06:29 AM
I still want the old one back (Ver5)

that way doesn't quad the face.

ver 5 did and it made really nice tube letters that ya could SubD nicely.

It's like they killed Kenny
Those ba*tards!
bopuc
08-14-2003, 08:29 AM
Originally posted by riki
Hi bopuc the BGD blue is pretty simple just R092 G115 B133

Plus here's a Preset for the Yellow

thanks riki,
me like it :D