Is there a better way of doing extruded text on a curved surface (and the height of the text following the curve) as I've outlined here?


1. make curved surface
2. make 3d text that is higher than maximum z of curve surface and lower than z of lowest of curve surface.
3. Place text on curve with some of it in above and some below the surface.
4. offset the curved surface the height of the text that you want as a result.
5. Boolean Merge (using offset curve as base and text as 2nd object).
6. Delete above surface portion of text.
7. Delete offset curved surface.
8. Boolean union it all together if you want.

thanks,

Nick