Curved text-letters

By amelia · 2009-06-27

Description

I need to "write" a text upon the cylinder's surface in the Z-axis direction.
I tried the following simple script:
***
c1 = circle radius:2.0
me = extrude amount:0.01
mpde = PathDeform path:c1
mpde.rotation = 90.0
mpde.axis = 1 -- y
mpde.Percent_along_path = 0.0
t1 = text font:"Arial" \
size:4.0 \
text:"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWXYZ" \
pos:[0.0,0.0,-1.0] \
wirecolor:green
addModifier t1 me
addModifier t1 mpde
move t1 [2.0 + 0.05,0.0,5.0]
***

The straight vertical component of the letters, like A,B,D,F,I,H ... (segment that starts from the bottom to the top) remains straight in the X-axis.
The "round" letters like C,O,Q..., take the right curvature along the X-axis.

What to do?
Thanks.

Amelia

Comments (3)

masquerade · 2009-06-27

you are welcome. glad that I could help.

masquerade · 2009-06-27

thats because there isnt enough polygon on that areas. if it is not curved, text tool makes that spline a corner.

you can add a subdivide modifier below. here:

c1 = circle radius:2.0

me = extrude amount:0.01

mpde = PathDeform path:c1

mpde.rotation = 90.0

mpde.axis = 1 -- y

mpde.Percent_along_path = 0.0

t1 = text font:"Arial" \

size:4.0 \

text:"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWXYZ" \

pos:[0.0,0.0,-1.0] \

wirecolor:green

addModifier t1 me

---------------------------

subd = subdivide manualupdate:1

addmodifier t1 subd

t1.modifiers[1].size=0.2

--------------------------

addModifier t1 mpde

move t1 [2.0 + 0.05,0.0,5.0]

amelia · 2009-06-27

The final that is OK:
***
c1 = circle radius:2.0
me = extrude amount:0.1
mpde = PathDeform path:c1
mpde.rotation = 90.0
mpde.axis = 1 -- y
mpde.Percent_along_path = 0.0
t1 = text font:"Arial" \
size:4.0 \
---------my new add ------
optimize:false \
steps:4 \
--------------------------
text:"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWXYZ" \
pos:[0.0,0.0,-1.0] \
wirecolor:green

addModifier t1 me
------masquerade add -----
subd = subdivide manualupdate:1
addmodifier t1 subd
t1.modifiers[1].size=0.2
--------------------------
addModifier t1 mpde
move t1 [2.0 + 0.05,0.0,5.0]
***

Thanks masquerade.

amelia