How to render 3D text in JavaFX?

Question

I'm making my first JavaFX project and I need to render some 3D text. I already put a PerspectiveCamera and I display a text node but it has a Z-dimension of 0 and I don't know how to change this.

Thanks in advance!

Fogged

Answer 1

Have a look at the FXyz project. It already contains a Text3DMesh class that will allow you generating a 3D mesh for any string and font you need.

Under the hood there is a complex process of converting (2D) Text to Path, Delaunay triangulation and mesh extrusion.

As a result, you have a 3D mesh that can be easily rendered and textured (solid color, density map, images).

Have a look at the sample to get you started.

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Thanks José! I will look at it – Fogged

Do you know if it will run in a Raspberry Pi 2? – Fogged

It should work, you just need to enable 3D flag, since it's an experimental feature. – Sharecrop

Hi @José, I mangaed to compile the project and to render some 3d text but ANT couln't generate the Javadoc and I'm a little confused on how to use FXyz, is there a Javadoc online? – Fogged

No, there isn't. We have quite a bunch of tests to try all the shapes and the different options. Also you can have a look at the Sampler. Also check this post. – Sharecrop

@Fogged If you still have specific questions on the FXyz test examples, by all means ask them via the GitHub site and we will answer there. – Zawde

Thanks for all your help, but isn't there a way to give some kind of 3D perspective to text using what JavaFX already has? – Fogged

You can apply 3D rotations, like in this answer... but still it will be 2D. – Sharecrop