change text after extrusion

**fklopper** · 13 November 2017, 07:46 PM

Is it possible to change the text (another word) after I've extruded the text.

Fred

**gwpriester** · 13 November 2017, 08:12 PM

Yes. Turn off the extrusion. Change the text. Then reapply the extrusion.

**Acorn** · 14 November 2017, 05:24 PM

Clone the extrusion (Ctrl+K).
Remove the extrusion from the original and modify the text.
Select and copy the clone (Ctrl+C).
Paste attributes onto the modified text (Ctrl+Shift+A).
Delete the clone.

Acorn

**Egg Bramhill** · 14 November 2017, 05:29 PM

Paste attributes of an extrusion doesn't work for me Acorn ???

**Acorn** · 14 November 2017, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

Paste attributes of an extrusion doesn't work for me Acorn ???

Egg, quite right, I missed a vital step...

Clone the extrusion (Ctrl+K).
Remove the extrusion from the original and modify the text.
Select and copy the clone (Ctrl+C).
Apply any extrusion to the text.
Paste attributes onto the modified text (Ctrl+Shift+A).
Delete the clone.

Acorn

**Egg Bramhill** · 14 November 2017, 06:01 PM

Ah! Was going to post earlier today stating same as you and realised it didn't work! Your second method does though

**gwpriester** · 14 November 2017, 07:41 PM

Egg and Acorn - You are both over thinking this.

Selected the extruded text and click the 3D icon to disable the extrusion.

Change the font/text as desired.

Select the Extrusion Tool again and then click the 3D icon (upper left corner area).

The same rotation, extrusion attributes are applied to the changes.

Try it out.

**Egg Bramhill** · 14 November 2017, 08:07 PM

No, not overthinking Gary. Paste attributes just doesn't work when applying attributes as it does under other tools. What you state is 100% correct, but it requires additional steps not required in other 'paste attribute' operations.

**Acorn** · 14 November 2017, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Egg and Acorn - You are both over thinking this.
Selected the extruded text and click the 3D icon to disable the extrusion.
Change the font/text as desired.
Select the Extrusion Tool again and then click the 3D icon (upper left corner area).
The same rotation, extrusion attributes are applied to the changes.
Try it out.

Gary, you are right. If, however, you save and close the file when the extrusion has been removed, the extrusion state is lost. The method described "recovers" the necessary extrusion configuration. Ditto, if you close the application with the design file still open. It is an edge case but one I have encountered. The replay of Paste Attributes is an explicit Xara function; the emergent property of the attributes of an extrusion persisting it not a Xara guarantee and so may disappear in a future version.

Acorn

P.S. Very much thinking over the scenario.