I am learning Sketchup 2016 and it’s coming along, however, when I make 3d text, it has “nodes” all round the letters. Jagged bumps. Looks terrible. Anyone know what I’m doing wrong? Thankyou! RoB

The first bent text he created didn’t look too bad but part of that has to do with the relatively small size of the video. If you were to zoom in on the text in the model, you would find it not very smooth at all. And in the second example with the compound curve, it’s pretty rough. You’ll remember …

there are a couple of $$ Extensions that bring in higher node count font characters… you can also import font outlines from other software as dxf or svg and push/pull those… john

Hi…It’s that newby that is me (Rob). I am learning Sketchup so I can make mockuyps for building signs etc…So, I have been studying a few hours a day, watching videos etc…and I cannot find siplified answers to my SU Pro 2016 questions. For practice, I made a building wall, then I put a van next t…

As for the letters on the awning, you would have to bend them to fit on the awning. It could be done with something like Shape Bender. [image] I’m not sure what you’re seeing with the ladder and the van. Maybe you can share the SKP file?

David…Here is the .skp file. The ladder doesn’t look right at any angle. The lettering doesn’t conform to the awning (I probably expect too much). The van goes whacky when I rotate my view, as does the ladder. I was thinking maybe i could create a “group” so that everything moves when the view m…

Yeah…the first compound curve demo was pretty ugly…I probably shouldn’t have left it in the clip. Was getting the point across about font choice and being a bit careful with creating the curves. The clip was more about a simple demo of the different ways to apply a 3d text object using Chris’s most…

The degree of curvature is so slight that you can probably just split the angle and use the cookie cutter method: [image] -Gully

so jagged? Can it be smoothed? sketchup.replies+ef21be8b8501828b4742053b35542738@gmail.com > Here it is (sorry) …I appreciate your insight. RoB

Why is 3d text so jagged? Can it be smoothed?

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I don’t see the skp file.

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