Can't create text in Modo?

#1

Can i create text in modo, i looked through some LightWave tutorials and noticed that, lightwave can create texts but modo doesn’t, am i right?

#2

if you look at some other apps they can even render things… :slight_smile: just kidding

you will have to export text from illustrator or some other program that will make you a vector path ,then extrude or do whatever you want

#3

But can Modo import .ai, .pdf or some other vector files?

#4

Hi,

ai-file worked fine, but .dwg,. eps and .tif didn’t worked. Use LW to create your text and then open it in Modo.

Joerg

#5

Yes, if i have LightWave, i surely do so. But the problem is i don’t have LW. But i have Illustrator and Photoshop, how can i import .ai file? Just simply open it?

#6

yes, Ctrl+O to open it. Have to save early version of .ai (I don’t remember, maybe is v.8)

#7

modo loads eps files.

#8

yes, it has to be an older version. Tested v.8 and v.9 and v.cs. v.8 and v.9 worked fine but cs-file did not. Also, about eps-support, mostly it wont load the eps-file. Has to be a very specific version, perhaps Postscript level 3, don’t know.

#9

Another thing I’ve encountered is that when you open an EPS file, you’ll need to copy the curves out of the original document and paste them into a new file. If you try to save the opened EPS file as an LWO object, or even perform some types of operations within the file, you’ll get failures and a number of bizarre and confusing behaviors. (at least you do with Modo on OSX importing Illustrator 9 downsaved EPS files).

That said, once you paste them into a new file, all is swell.

#10

importing files from illustrator, photoshop and lightwave ??
why would anyone want to import a text LWO from lightwave to modo anyway?
and do i have to own illustrator and photoshop in order to manipulate 3d text in modo? that’s a weak side.

maybe the best solution is to wait a little guys… until luxology intergrates text in the next upgrade… or get some plugin that supports text modeling and stuff… i donno.

#11

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