Text on Path

[stanislav]

I have some curves brought in from Illustrator. E.g. text. I need to create 3D letters that would rotate around a centre following a circular path. From NURBS or SubDivs. It is not a problem to create the letters that are flat using Bevel. However Bevel outputs Trim surfaces that I cannot bend along my circular path. Nor do I know how to make my object follow the path and bend along it. Shall I have to make a skeleton?

Thanks for the advice,

S.

[hary1976]

Hey S,

i am not sure I understand exactly what the path looks like and how the letters need to rotate around it, but here are an idea:

1. once you have all in place, delete history for your surfaces, all of them.
2. freeze geometry
3. NOW parent the faces of the letters to the sides
4. use a locator (create - locator) for the animation, parent the srufaces to the locator and that should be it. If the locator is centered on the motion path and following it, I beleieve you should be Okay

I'll check back soon to see what happened...