1. Run the Crabby Edger Program

1. Press the Generate button until you see a line pattern you like.
2. Copy the line

1. Start PI and open a new document.
2. Select the text tool. 
1. In the Tool Panel, choose CrabbyEdges for the font, and a fairly large font size (I choose 48).
3. Click in the document and press ctrl-v to paste the text you copied from The Crabby Edger Program.

You can use this exactly like it is, but there are several other things you can do with it.

If you want to make it a 3D object, you should trace it first.  Otherwise, there will be a break between the different characters on the font.

1. With the object selected, from the menu, Edit, Trace Edges, Selection Marquee.  Press OK on the Trace dialog.  Choose 3d on the attribute toolbar.

Select the original Text object.

Duplicate it.

Flip it vertically.

Line 'em up

1. To turn these into one object for use with 3d,
1. Choose the magic wand tool. 
2. Click on "select on object" in the attibute toolbar
3. Search connected pixels is checked
4. Similarity is 40 or so
5. Click in a black area.
6. Menu, edit, trace edges, selection marquee, OK.  Choose 3D Object in the attributes toolbar, and apply whatever effects you want!

This one is a lot of fun.

1. Duplicate the original line twice.
2. Move the original out of the way, we'll be working with the two duplicates.
3. Set the color of the first duplicate to black.
4. Set the color of the second duplicate to a color that is not black and not the background color.  I used a medium grey.
5. Line them up as shown.

Choose the magic wand tool. 

         Click on "select on object" in the attibute toolbar

Search connected pixels is checked

Similarity is 40 or so

Click in a black area.

Menu, edit, trace edges, selection marquee, OK. 

Choose 2D Object in the attributes toolbar

Duplicate and flip the duplicate vertically

Select both and align left edges

Select one and move up/down until you see a shape you like.  You can get several interesting shapes this way.