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mr clammr clam Posts: 707
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Can anyone explain why my 3D text winds up looking so odd in Hexagon? I tested it out on a few fonts and it doesn't look right. Attached is what Arial looks like.

 

arial test.png
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  • ShawnDriscollShawnDriscoll Posts: 375

    Here's the steps for making text for OBJ export in Hex: 

    1) Click the Text 3D icon and set tesselation to 3 and bevel to concave. 

    2) Enter text and validate. 

    3) Click the Average Weld icon and validate. This makes the text one object from seperate objects. 

    4) Click the Triangulate n-gons icon. 

    5) Then smooth by hitting PageUp one time (optional).

  • de3ande3an Posts: 915
    mr clam said:

    Can anyone explain why my 3D text winds up looking so odd in Hexagon? I tested it out on a few fonts and it doesn't look right. Attached is what Arial looks like.

     

    You must be using the Macintosh version.

    The text tool has been broken in the Mac version for many years now. This malformed text problem was pointed out during beta testing for the 2.5.1 release, but it was not fixed before the final release.

    The last Mac version of Hexagon that had a working text tool was version 2.5.0.5.

     

  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    Thanks!

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