# New text engrave/emboss effect in Segment Editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** feature\
**Created:** [June 14, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013 "2020-06-14T02:12:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/1 "2020-06-14T02:12:30Z")

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A new tool added to Segment Editor for drawing text on segments. Both engrave and emboss modes are available. Text can be placed by defining a plane using 3 points, and then position can be adjusted in 3D, along with text size and depth.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aOZXwFgcRsY/maxresdefault.jpg "Draw text on 3D models using Segment editor Engrave tool") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZXwFgcRsY)

The effect is available in SegmentEditorExtraEffects extension for latest Slicer-4.11 Preview Release.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/2 "2020-06-14T16:46:31Z")

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That’s awesome! Hello back!!

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**Author:** ![norus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@norus](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/norus)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/3 "2020-06-15T06:38:24Z")

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congratulation, this is very helpful and makes daily work much easier.

thank´s

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**Author:** ![Dexter777](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/dexter777/32/6118_2.png) [@Dexter777](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Dexter777)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/4 "2020-07-05T18:23:41Z")

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![6 x 8.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/6/a6dd6fc8cb9287a25cb6417eb95a57809599f23c.jpeg)  
Hi, Is there a means to get clearer defined text without enlarging  
the text beyond the size of the skull? Text height at 6 and depth at 10.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/5 "2020-07-05T19:18:27Z")

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You need to reduce the spacing of the segmentation to allow representation of smaller details. You can change the resolution by clicking on the button next to the master volume selector. You may also try reducing surface smoothing.

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**Author:** ![Dexter777](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/dexter777/32/6118_2.png) [@Dexter777](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Dexter777)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/6 "2020-07-06T22:37:26Z")

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Hi Andras,  
I’ve tried both suggestions. By reducing the spacing which is currently 1 mm to .7 or .5, I get an obliterated model with multiple holes in it. Reducing the surface smoothing gives me a very rough model.  
After trying these I get multiple error messages. Lol.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 ![Slicer-Emboss](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/7/a/7a98598b76b1497d78e1192aa4d50ffcbc4d157b.png)

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/7 "2020-07-06T22:42:30Z")

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If you reduce the spacing then it probably makes sense to do a bit of anti-alias filtering: a slight Gaussian smoothing (using Smoothing effect). Or, you can set master representation to Closed surface before you change spacing.

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**Author:** ![Dexter777](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/dexter777/32/6118_2.png) [@Dexter777](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Dexter777)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/8 "2020-07-06T23:05:36Z")

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Sorry for asking so many questions- Where do I set the master representation to Closed surface? I don’t see that option in the segmentation geometry function.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/9 "2020-07-06T23:38:05Z")

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You can choose the current master representation in Segmentations module’s Representations section.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-text-engrave-emboss-effect-in-segment-editor/12013/10 "2023-04-15T20:22:33Z")

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