Text 3D is horrible

[Andrea Raimondi 13]

Hello!

 

I am sure I am doing something not very smart somewhere (or I just don't quite understand how 3D works, which is possible!) and my 3D text looks terrible and I don't know how to make it look right 😄 

 

Please find the currently really bad text attached. 

 

Anybody knows why it's that bad and not showing properly?

 

Thanks!

[Lars Fosdal 1848]

First impressions, based solely on the visuals:

• All sides have the same color, which gives you little to no contrast.
• You don't have a highlighting color for the contour.
• Perhaps slightly darker sides would help, and maybe a lighting source to enhance contrasts?

[Gustav Schubert 25]

I wonder how that would look using an orthographic projection.
 

[Andrea Raimondi 13]

Hi!

 

This is my current DFM:

 

object Viewport3D1: TViewport3D
  Align = Top
  Size.Width = 640.000000000000000000
  Size.Height = 100.000000000000000000
  Size.PlatformDefault = False
  object Text3D1: TText3D
    WrapMode = Fit
    Position.X = 325.000091552734400000
    Position.Y = 44.999977111816400000
    Position.Z = 0.000061035156250000
    RotationAngle.X = 198.409103393554700000
    RotationAngle.Y = 95.915130615234380000
    RotationAngle.Z = 85.144851684570320000
    Width = 59.589870452880860000
    Height = 385.819519042968800000
    Depth = 17.276718139648440000
    Projection = Screen
    VisibleContextMenu = False
    TwoSide = True
    ZWrite = False
    Text = 'Snap&Share'
    Flatness = 1.000000000000000000
    Sides = [Front, Back, Shaft]
    Quanternion = 
      '(0.118859842419624,-0.110193893313408,-0.70152872800827,-0.69396' +
      '6567516327)'
  end
end
 

My final goal is:

1) Have a clearly 3D text, i.e. users can see it's 3D

2) When there's an action performed by the user (i.e. for example the click of a button) I want this text to rotate. 

 

So, what I want to obtain is a slightly inclined text that clearly shows it's already 3D as a first step. You know what I am talking about, right?

 

Thanks!

 

A

[Gustav Schubert 25]

Possible starting point for playing:

unit FrmMain;

interface

uses
  System.SysUtils, System.Types, System.UITypes, System.Classes,
  FMX.Types, FMX.Controls, FMX.Forms, FMX.Graphics, System.Math.Vectors,
  FMX.Controls3D,
  FMX.Objects3D,
  FMX.Viewport3D,
  FMX.MaterialSources;

type
  TFormMain = class(TForm)
    Viewport: TViewport3D;
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  private
    Text: TText3D;
    Camera: TCamera;
    MS: TColorMaterialSource;
  end;

var
  FormMain: TFormMain;

implementation

{$R *.fmx}

procedure TFormMain.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := True;

  Width := 800;
  Height := 600;

  Viewport.Position.X := 10;
  Viewport.Position.Y := 10;

  Viewport.Width := 640;
  Viewport.Height := 480;

  Camera := TCamera.Create(Self);
  Camera.Parent := Viewport;
  Camera.Position.Z := -100;

  Viewport.Camera := Camera;
  Viewport.UsingDesignCamera := False;

  MS := TColorMaterialSource.Create(Self);
  MS.Parent := nil;
  MS.Color := TAlphaColors.Dodgerblue;

  Text := TText3D.Create(Self);
  Text.Parent := Viewport;
  Text.WordWrap := False;

  Text.Stretch := False;
  Text.Depth := 3;
  Text.Height := 10;
  Text.Width := 100;
  Text.Scale.X := 1;
  Text.Scale.Y := 1;

  Text.Text := 'Sample Text';

  Text.RotationAngle.X := 20;

  Text.MaterialShaftSource := MS;
end;

end.