SketchUp with V-Ray

SketchUp with V-Ray

In SketchUp, you can add four types of text:

1. Screen text
2. Leader text
3. 3D text
4. Dimensions

1. Screen text
Screen text is so-named because it remains fixed to a point on your screen as you draw and orbit your
model.

You can find the Text tool ( ) in the following parts of the SketchUp interface:

o Getting Started toolbar

o Construction toolbar
o Large Tool Set toolbar
o Tools -> Text on the menu bar

To create and place screen text:

1. Activate the Text tool. The cursor changes to an arrow with a text prompt.
2. Click a blank area to place screen text.
3. Type your text in the text entry box that appears.
4. To complete the text entry, click outside the text box, or press Enter twice.
NOTE:
To edit screen text, use Text tool or Select tool then double-click the text.
or
Right-click on a text entity and select Edit Text from the menu.

2. Leader Text
Leader text contains characters and a leader line that
points to an entity. Text leaders are tied to the model,
and by default, as you rotate the model, you can still
see the text as long as the arrow is visible. As you move
and adjust surfaces, the notes attached to those
surfaces adjust with them.
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3. 3D Text
The 3D Text tool generates geometry from text that you type.

To create 3D text:
.

1. Activate the 3D Text tool. The Place 3D Text dialog box

will appear.
2. Change the default text.
3. Modify settings in the Place 3D Text dialog box:
3a. Choose a font, font style, and an alignment.

3b. Type a value for text’s height.

3c. Leave the Filled checkbox selected to create faces for 3D text.
NOTE: Uncheck the Filled checkbox to create 2D text outlines (just edges)

3d. Leave the Extruded checkbox to create extruded 3D text and

enter a value for extrusion.
NOTE: Uncheck the Extruded checkbox to create 2D

5. Click the Place button.

4. Dimension
With the Dimension tool, you create dimension entities: finite lines with length information that enables
you to quickly and effectively communicate key model dimensions. Dimension entities move and
update automatically as you create your model.