TomicoTom

Thank you for your reply, I have downloaded DesignSpark Mechanic as suggested but tI can see no obvious way to insert text to the opened model that needs the text added to it?

I want to be able to add the name of students on to their completed 3D models and then quickly and easily create two TL files, one of the original model and the second with the text split out so that we can print their work with their name on it in a different colour. We are using an Ultimaker 3. We have been trying different methods and keep trying Meshmixer but what a time consuming performance that is.. I can add the text to any contoured surface of an existing 3D model quickly and easily with almost any basic or even free software but then I have to open the 'merged' file (original model with the text) in Meshmixer and mess about for ages trying to split it all out again to create the two STL files required for printing in two colours. In my mind it seems I am missing a simple but very logical step. I have the original 3D model, the text has been applied so the software knows exactly what the text is and on to which surface it has been placed. so if the option were available at this stage it would be a trivial matter to simply produce the two STL files needed for two colour printing, one of the original model and one of the applied text Does anyone know if there is any such software available?