Stacked Text With 3d models

[Brent Dowell]

Just playing around. Went through a tutorial Darren had put together and then thought it'd be nice to have some 3d modeling components added to it.

I had gotten some 3d model packs when I upgraded and used a 'plaque' and a howling wolf/coyote. Was a bit tricky, but just kind of went slow and figured things out a bit at a time.

Might cut this in either ply or mdf for practice.

 

[Brent Dowell]

Or maybe this, lol.

Looks like I need to do a l ittle work between the W and the E to seperate them a bit. Maybe some centering on the text as well. But happy with the concept.

 

[Brent Dowell]

Here we go.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Cool! I like the wolf superimposed on the moon. And the beer fixed a lot of your centering issue. (Which is odd, because usually beer throws centering off for most people, lol.) Whichever design you decide to use, I think this is going to look neat when done.

The space between the W and the E is tricky with large serifs. If you open a small gap between the serifs at the top of the letters, you also increase the already-large gap between the bodies of the letters. Have you experimented with a font that has slightly smaller serifs?

 

[Bill Arnold]

FWIW, I like the wolf with the small moon - no beer. When I want to make sure objects are centered, I group items like the first names and use the 'Move' function to align them with another object, using the other object's coordinates.

 

[Brent Dowell]

The space between the W and the E is tricky with large serifs. If you open a small gap between the serifs at the top of the letters, you also increase the already-large gap between the bodies of the letters. Have you experimented with a font that has slightly smaller serifs?

Just playing around with the software. I'll try some different fonts. One of the tutorials I saw did specifically mention a way of adjusting the spacing so that everything kind of worked better. I'll have to go through that one again.

When I want to make sure objects are centered, I group items like the first names and use the 'Move' function to align them with another object, using the other object's coordinates.

I'll give that a shot. Not sure I'm really going to carve this one. But it is good practice.

 

[Leo Voisine]

I don't care for the beer

The wolf and moon look good.

I find that it is easy to "add" too much into a sign.
Clean and simple is best.

V-Carve has excellent alignment tools
Adjust the kearning first - then do the alignment

 

[Darren Wright]

You also have the option of Kerning to work out space issues. Use that to add some space between the Dowell letters

 

[Brent Dowell]

Well, Decided to go through all the steps, make another one and cut it out. It worked, but I learned a lot about setting cut depths, using clearance tools, etc...

This was just on mdf so probably prone to some of the fluffy corners. Will look at what options I have on bits and rpms and feed rates next time.

But just happy to make 'something' while it was 104 in the garage.

 

[David Johnson]

Nice job. Really worked hard to get that look. I don't really like the stacked effect, it does not read clear. Perhaps a paint job to distinguish the layers would make the lower level pop.
David

 

[Leo Voisine]

Painting it would make a world --- er --- moon of difference.

Nice job