So, I'm following the tutorial here and I am following the steps exactly. I have my text offset from the surface, I have it projected onto the surface and all surfaces behind it, looks just like the the tutorial video. However, when I get to the point where I try to select the projected text using the Deep Select tool, it doesn't work. It selects nothing. I'm talking about the part at 1:05 where the letter "h" is selected in the video - each letter is individually selectable. I can't do that, nor can I select the whole word. I can select the solid it's projected onto, but I don't even get the option of selecting just the text with the deep select tool.

Is there another way to set up some text to be engraved from a surface? I've spent 2 hours banging my head against this and I have no idea what's going on.

Thanks!

Ok, so I'm not crazy - even just selecting the text with the projection tool is totally hit or miss. Sometimes I can click on it, sometimes I need to drag a box around part of it, but it's flaky. Then the actual projection took some time to figure out, because you have to hold the option key down when drawing the two points to indicate the direction of projection. because you can't see that in the video, I kept thinking something was totally broken.

I figured I'd just have to extrude the text and then subtract it from the face, which is fine, I was just hoping for a way that might let me edit the text. I have to make about a dozen pieces, all slightly different, and it'd be nice if I could place the text on the template I'm making, then just edit it along with the other changes specific to that part. I guess I just have to do each one manually.

Edited by user Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:57:59 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

That is a little odd. What's it like if you did an intersect solid text and the main body, do you get the same results?