How to Make Text in Modo

Modo is a 3-D modeling and design application similar to Maya. Modo does not have a Text tool to make text directly in Modo. However, you can create text in a vector graphics drawing program, such as Adobe Illustrator, then import and modify the text in Modo. You can also import Encapsultated PostScript, or EPS, files and Portable Document Format, or PDF, documents, and use the text in these vector-based files in Modo, as well.

Things You'll Need

• A vector-based file that contains a text character

Instructions

1. Open Modo.

2. Click the “File” option on the top navigation bar and click “Import.” The File Import dialog box opens.

3. Navigate to and click on the vector-based file with the text character. Click “Import.” The file opens in Modo.

4. Click “Geometry” from the top navigation bar and click “Freeze.”

5. Check both check boxes -- “Freeze Curves as Faces” and “Make Holes” -- in the Freeze dialog box.

6. Click “OK.”

7. Click the “Tool Bar” tab in the left navigation panel to show the Modo Tools.

8. Click the “Bridge” option. Bridge to smooth over all of the paired edges.

9. Add texture, color and lighting to your text character.

10. Click “File” and “Save.” Save the file with a name that describes the text character. For example, name the file “Modo-A” to designate the text character “A” as altered and saved in Modo.

Tips & Warnings

• If creating an Adobe Illustrator vector-based file to use in Modo, save the AI file in a previous version of Illustrator, such as Version 8.