Trying to incorporate text into a model. Not having much luck.

[HuntleyBill]

Hi: I'm trying to make a welcome sign. I am using a font I downloaded called "script 9" It is my understanding that when adding text to a model, it is exploded and then can be extruded. In my case, I can explode the text but it will not completely extrude. Some letter extrude, some don't. I checked to make sure each letter was a closed loop and they are. I tried the ariel font and I was able to explode and extrude. 

What am I doing wrong? If this font just won't work, can you recommend a font that will?

Thank you

Bill

[jeff_strater]

Yeah, some fonts can be a bit inaccurate.  The usual method here is to use the "divide and conquer" method to find where the bad geometry is.  I started with the "W".  Edit the sketch and add a bunch of lines to try to track down where the bad geometry is:

So, the problem is at the tip of the "W".  Keep doing that:

finally, I found that there was one bad curve near the tip:

I replaced that with just a line, and that fixed the "W":

You can try other fonts, but if you like this one, it is repairable.

repaired model is attached, just FYI

[g-andresen]

Hi,

1.What font type do you use?
Fusion prefers OTF fonts.

2.Nevertheless, some fonts may cause the problems described above.

günther

[HuntleyBill]

Thank you Jeff. I downloaded the fixed file but I also want to try the steps you suggested as a learning experience.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

The reason for the behaviour is the excessive amount of control points (Figure 1).
Figure 2 shows the result after the conversion for comparison.

günther