Blender Add-on: TextMesh Creator

Blender add-on for creating 3D Text Objects from strings. This is a alternative implementation of this add-on. However, this implementation works with Blender LTS and is independent of the UI locale.

Supports

• Blender 2.8x (branch #2.8)
• Blender 2.9x (branch #2.9 - old main)
• Blender 3.0x (branch #3.0 - current main)

Installation

1. Download Installation Archive from BOOTH.
2. Open the Preferences window and select Add-ons tab
3. Press Install button, select downloaded zip-archive and select Install Add-on
4. Select Community tab and enable Generic: TextMeshCreator

How to use

1. Open Layout , Modeling or other 3D View
2. Expand sidebar and select TextMesh Creator
3. Configure strings, fonts, directory and other options
4. Press Generate button

Available Parameters (Features)

Parameter Name	Type	Default	Description
Strings	str	(null)	Strings to be generated
Rotation X	float	90.0	Rotation X for Text (Modifies are not Recommended)
Rotation Y	float	0.0	Rotation Y for Text (Modifies are not Recommended)
Rotation Z	float	180.0	Rotation Z for Text (Modifies are not Recommended)
Scale X	float	1.0	Scale X for Text
Scale Y	float	1.0	Scale Y for Text
Scale Z	float	1.0	Scale Z for Text
Font Path	str	(null)	Font used for mesh generation
Separate By	enum	NONE	How to separate strings (Space, Tab, Character, or None)
Thickness	float	0.1	Thickness of mesh to be generated
Horizontal Alignment	enum	LEFT	Horizontal Alignment for Paragraph (Left, Center, Right, Justify, or Flush)
Vertical Alignment	enum	TOP_BASELINE	Vertical Alignment for Paragraph (Top Baseline, Top, Center, Bottom, or Bottom Baseline)
Character Spacing	float	1.2	Spaces between characters (ignored for separated by character)
Word Spacing	float	0.2	Space between words (ignored for separated by character or tab)
Use Decimate	bool	False	Set to True if using mesh decimate
Decimate Ratio	float	0.5	Decimate Ratio
Separate by Loose Parts	bool	True	Separate character by loose parts
Center to Origin	bool	False	Set to True if want to center of the text to be the origin
Enable Preview Mode	bool	False	Set to True if want to check the generation result according to the set value
Increment From	int	0	Offset value of serial number for output file
Export Directory	str	(null)	Export FBX to base directory path

Not Implemented Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Default	Description
Inline FBX	bool	False	Set to True if export multiple separated character(s) as single FBX

License

This software is licensed under the MIT License.