Editing 3D Text in slicer

Not a problem. I consider myself pretty new to all of this as well.

Set the “Thickness” slightly above the embedded depth you eventually want to set your text. Place on the object as you normally do…

Then on the left side of the window, click on “Objects”.

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Find your “text shape” and right click it for the menu and then select “Change Filament” and select a contrasting color for the text. (This is done to make it easier to place it in the next step. The color will go away once we change its Type.)

(Shortcut: To change the color of an object, simply click on the colored rectangle to the right of it and a menu of the current color filament will appear for you to select.)

Now that you have changed its color. Right click on your “text shape” again and select “Change Type”…

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Now select “Negative Part” from the menu and hit “OK”.

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Your text will now turn semi-transparent which denotes it is a Negative Part…

Now select the text so only it is highlighted and not the part.

Now you can move it around and embed it into your part. If the text completely disappears, that means its inside the part which is not what you want.

Once you have it embedded, click on “Slice Plate” to see the results. If you don’t like it, go back to “Prepare” and keep working at it.

That’s all there is to it. Let me know if that works for you or if you have any other questions.

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