engraving text into poly mesh.
 

hey

need a hand with a small prob- not sure how to around it but i want to engrave text into a poly mesh, im modelling a d-link router just as an exercise, through texture mapping it does give a good effect but i want to see what it looks like when its engraved onto the mesh itself.

any ideas?
cheers in advance.

Experiment with the text tool in the create menu then try giving the text depth then boolen it out of the object

or you could make a displacement map

and if you want you can do a modify-> convert -> displacement to geometry, if you find it necessary to add it onto your geometry. (though i would just keep it as a displacement map)

cheers guys, the text effect worked out better.
cheers for the assistance! :)