Add and edit 3D text

In Dimension,  you can add 3D Text to your scene using the fonts on your system. You can change the appearance of the 3D Text using properties which support depth and beveling. 3D Text is procedurally generated by Dimension, so textures and materials will always look correct.

3D Text Objects have unique bevel controls, which allow you to add characteristic edge styles.

Bevel types:

Bevel properties:

The depth of the bevel, the distance it extrudes away from the base of the text, is automatically controlled based on the other properties.  For example, increasing the angle of the bevel or the number of repeated bevels will adjust the depth automatically to retain the width and angle settings.

3D Text objects have four material regions so you can easily apply materials to the face, back, sides, and bevel areas of the text. Simply changing materials between regions can give drastically different visual effects.

Also, materials react differently based on whether you use the 3D text object properties to change their size or use the transform tool.

3D text objects are parametric in nature which means their underlying shape is generated by Dimension and is controlled by their properties. Due to the changing nature, some features don’t work with a model while it is parametric:

• The general transform size and scale properties will act as a multiplier on top of the base size settings of the parametric model.

• You can apply materials to parametric models but cannot apply graphic layers which rely on the geometry to be positioned.

• The magic wand will select predefined areas on parametric models.

• You cannot use the Align and Distribute tool on a parametric model with multiple parts such as the glyphs of 3D text as the spacing is controlled by the tracking and line spacing properties.

• You cannot delete or remove parts of the model.

You can choose to convert a parametric model into a standard model, which will freeze the parameters and unlock standard behavior for the object. To convert a model:

• Select the parametric object.

• In the Actions panel, choose the Convert to Standard Model action.

Dimension displays all fonts installed on your OS.

Fonts in the same family are displayed in a group. Use the Star icon to set a font as a favorite and then use Filter to quickly filter out non-favorited fonts.

Dimension supports rendering glyphs for most languages. Script glyphs can only be displayed when the font in use supports that language. If you input a character that is not supported by your current font, Dimension displays it as a null character. See the complete list of supported languages and scripts below:

*Languages are supported for rendering but layout is left to right only.