Transparent sides of Text (see-through material) in Xara3D ?

[Munenushi]

Sorry to trouble the forum with this; but I did a quick Search and could not find any information on whether it is possible to create 'Transparent sides' of the Text in Xara3D.

I am currently testing out the TRIAL and I am enjoying how simple it makes creating 3D models of Text!
I just cannot seem to find the controls to adjust the opacity of the sides of the text (to make them see-through).
Perhaps I am just missing it, somewhere...

Can Xara3D make transparent material?
Or is it something that a more expensive product of theirs might do (and not this one)?

Thanks for any information or guidance anyone can provide

[iamtheblues]

Hi Munenushi and welcome to the forum. I don't have X3D installed on my PC at this time, but I don't really see what you want.
In the enclosed png I've made some 3D text using the tool that comes with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer.
If you take away the sides you are just left with the front face - or am I missing something?
Cutting out the 3D sides of the text whilst leaving just an outline would require a lot of work, even for just a small amount of text.
transparency in X3D is achieved by exporting the 3D text with an Alpha channel, but this makes the text export without a background rather than with a visible white rectangle behind it. So I suppose the answer is No.
Bob.

[Munenushi]

Hi Munenushi and welcome to the forum. I don't have X3D installed on my PC at this time, but I don't really see what you want.
In the enclosed png I've made some 3D text using the tool that comes with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer.
If you take away the sides you are just left with the front face - or am I missing something?
Cutting out the 3D sides of the text whilst leaving just an outline would require a lot of work, even for just a small amount of text.
transparency in X3D is achieved by exporting the 3D text with an Alpha channel, but this makes the text export without a background rather than with a visible white rectangle behind it. So I suppose the answer is No.
Bob.

Greetings Bob,

Thanks for your informative reply! What I meant was partial transparency (Opacity is the term, sorry) on the sides or on the front - I made some 3D Text with transparent (see-through) sides and front in a different program below - but I would like to create 3D Text in Xara3D, it seems much faster at beginning the process of using a 3D mesh:



If not, that is too bad... Perhaps I will put it in some kind of "Suggestion Box" for Xara...

[roly]

Hi Munenushi, look at the attachment (that you can import into Xara 3D), it is close, but the shadows are different.

Ciao

Roly

[roly]

Hi Munenushi, perhaps this is a little closer to your example. I have not used the Xara 3d software in over 2 years, so I'm a little rusty, sorry.

Ciao

Roly

[wizard509]

I've been working on this for awhile. This is far from perfect and fiddly to accomplish but I hope it is somewhat close to what you are looking for.



transparent sides.xar