3D text-circle layout

I am new to Fusion and I am a novice in visual effects software. I am trying to create 3D text graphic with our logo. I am trying to use the circle layout. The text is ARLINGTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. However UNIVERSITY at the bottom comes out upside down. I decided to create a separate 3D text with UNIVERSITY by itself and rotated it into the correct position but it turned out flipped. I want to have UNIVERSITY right side up as with our logo. Suggestions?

In your University Text3D tool, go to the Transform tab, click the Lines or Words button (switches control from character to either whole words or whole lines), and twirl down the Line Rotation category. Turn Line Angle Z to 180. That will flip the word or line upside down, and you can then use the Layout controls to rotate it into place.

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{
   Tools = ordered() {
      Text3D1 = Text3D {
         CtrlWZoom = false,
         Inputs = {
            LayoutType = Input { Value = 2, },
            CenterZ = Input { Value = 0.7619048, },
            LayoutSize = Input { Value = 0.952381, },
            LayoutRotation = Input { Value = 1, },
            AngleZ = Input { Value = -132.7272727, },
            FitCharacters = Input { Value = 0, },
            Size = Input { Value = 0.1428571, },
            Font = Input { Value = "Arial", },
            StyledText = Input { Value = "some text", },
            Style = Input { Value = "Bold", },
            ExtrusionProfile = Input {
               SourceOp = "Text3D1ExtrusionProfile",
               Source = "Value",
            },
            ManualFontKerningPlacement = Input {
               Value = StyledText {
                  Array = {
                  },
                  Value = "",
               },
            },
            Alignment = Input { Value = 1, },
            HorizontalJustification = Input { Value = 0, },
            SelectTransform = Input { Value = 2, },
            LineRotation = Input { Value = 1, },
            LineAngleZ = Input { Value = 180, },
            WordPivotZ = Input { Value = 0.0333333, },
            WordRotation = Input { Value = 1, },
            WordAngleZ = Input { Value = -3.6363636, },
            CharacterRotation = Input { Value = 1, },
            ShadingGradient1 = Input {
               Value = Gradient {
                  Colors = {
                     [0] = { 0, 0, 0, 1, },
                     [1] = { 1, 1, 1, 1, },
                  },
               },
            },
         },
         ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 1430, 445.5, }, },
      },
      Text3D1ExtrusionProfile = LUTBezier {
         KeyColorSplines = {
            [0] = {
               [0] = { 0, RH = { 0.0196116135138184, 0.098058067569092, }, Flags = { Linear = true, }, },
               [0.2] = { 1, LH = { 0.180388386486182, 0.901941932430908, }, RH = { 0.3, 1, }, Flags = { Linear = true, }, },
               [0.8] = { 1, LH = { 0.7, 1, }, RH = { 0.819611613513818, 0.901941932430908, }, Flags = { Linear = true, }, },
               [1] = { 0, LH = { 0.980388386486182, 0.098058067569092, }, Flags = { Linear = true, }, },
            },
         },
         SplineColor = { Red = 192, Green = 128, Blue = 64, },
         NameSet = true,
      },
   },
}


Thank you for your quick reply. However, I followed your directions with both WORD and LINE and had no results. I also tried selecting the text in the view box before applying the changes. Then I tried applying the changes on the Z pivot before I typed the text. No luck. Any other suggestions?

Please post what you have so far; it's possible I have misunderstood what you're attempting. Just select the nodes, copy with Ctrl-C, and paste them here between code tags:

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Ooh, wait! You said Z Pivot. That's the wrong control. The pivot is the point around which rotation happen, not the rotation itself. You need Line Angle Z.

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If that's not doing what you want, go ahead and post your setup.

Bryan, thanks. That did it except I had to create a separate 3D text for that word. Otherwise, I was able to get the look I want. Now, I can't figure out how to animate that circular text. I want it to spin as it moves into position...