public static void ExtrudeText(this HelixToolkit.Wpf.SharpDX.MeshBuilder builder, string text, string font, FontStyle fontStyle, FontWeight fontWeight, double fontSize, Vector3D textDirection, Point3D p0, Point3D p1) { var outlineList = GetTextOutlines(text, font, fontStyle, fontWeight, fontSize); // Build the polygon to mesh (using Triangle.NET to triangulate) var polygon = new TriangleNet.Geometry.Polygon(); int marker = 0; foreach (var outlines in outlineList) { var outerOutline = outlines.OrderBy(x => x.AreaOfSegment()).Last(); for (int i = 0; i < outlines.Count; i++) { var outline = outlines[i]; var isHole = i != outlines.Count - 1 && IsPointInPolygon(outerOutline, outline[0]); polygon.AddContour(outline.Select(p => new Vertex(p.X, p.Y)), marker++, isHole); builder.AddExtrudedSegments(outline.ToSegments().Select(x => new SharpDX.Vector2((float)x.X, (float)x.Y)).ToList(), textDirection, p0, p1); } } var mesher = new GenericMesher(); var options = new ConstraintOptions(); var mesh = mesher.Triangulate(polygon, options); var u = textDirection; u.Normalize(); var z = p1 - p0; z.Normalize(); var v = Vector3D.Cross(z, u); // Convert the triangles foreach (var t in mesh.Triangles) { var v0 = t.GetVertex(2); var v1 = t.GetVertex(1); var v2 = t.GetVertex(0); // Add the top triangle. // Project the X/Y vertices onto a plane defined by textdirection, p0 and p1. builder.AddTriangle(v0.Project(p0, u, v, z, 1), v1.Project(p0, u, v, z, 1), v2.Project(p0, u, v, z, 1)); // Add the bottom triangle. builder.AddTriangle(v2.Project(p0, u, v, z, 0), v1.Project(p0, u, v, z, 0), v0.Project(p0, u, v, z, 0)); } }