[x3d-public] extruded text in X3D

[Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)]

Extruding text characters for a given font has always been a frequently requested task using VRML and X3D.  Seems even more useful when considering X3D models for 3D printing.

X3D has flat Text using FontStyle and screen-sized Text using ScreenFontStyle, but no extruded 3D font style.

  *   https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#FontStyle
  *   https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#ScreenFontStyle

Historical blockers to this goal have been computational expense (especially for keeping VRML/X3D players lightweight) and lack of openly available font libraries.  Neither of these seems like a blocker these days, especially given much development and availability of WebFonts and CSS fonts module.

I found one online tool supporting 3D extrusion of text.  Lots of great options.  Tried to extrude "X3D" using their default BlackJack font, things moved along swimmingly right up to the next-to-last page requesting $13.57 USD.  Uh, no thanks.

  *   Sculpteo Online 3D text creation
  *   Discover our free 3D text creation tool
  *   https://www.sculpteo.com/en/workshops/create/text<https://www.sculpteo.com/en/workshops/create/text/?uuid=PMDKxpz6NkF0ZYmb0aqYy>

Wondering if anyone has a good approach for creating extruded 3D text in X3D?


all the best, Don

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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
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