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  • How do I extrude type along a contoured surface?

    Posted by Mike Butler on September 25, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    I’ve got a project where I’ve got to extrude type along the surface of a mason jar. What’s the best way to have the type follow the contours of the jar, without running into too much deformation?

    Thanks in advance!

    Michael Szalapski replied 5 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Michael Szalapski

    September 25, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    See if this tutorial helps.

  • Mike Butler

    September 26, 2020 at 4:26 pm

    Thanks! This looks really promising.

  • Michael Szalapski

    September 26, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    No problem!

    You can either do that or just throw your Jar and text into the volume builder…

  • Mike Butler

    September 28, 2020 at 2:09 am

    Tried the surface deformer technique which got pretty messy. In the end I just rotated the individual letters to sit on the container’s surface and threw them all into a volume builder. A little finicky, but I’m happy with the results.

  • Michael Szalapski

    September 28, 2020 at 2:28 am

    Glad you found something that worked!

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