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How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to
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How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

(OP)
How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to be constant for all letters

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

If you have SW2004 you can do the "Wrap" feature.

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

If you don't have 2004 you can do this.  Create a tangent plane on the "outside" of the pipe.  Use the plane as your sketch plane and insert your text sketch.  Extrude the text sketch into the pipe using the "offset from surface" option.  Select the outside face of the pipe as your surface.  You may have to play with the "side to offset" and "extrude direction" buttons but it will work.

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

Along these same lines, is there a text font that makes creating a "text sketch" easy?  Or do you have to re-create the letters one-by-one using the sketch tools?

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RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

I think almost any will work. We have standardized on Arial.

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

In Sketch Entities there is a text selection.  You can adjust the font to your needs.  You don't need to recreate each letter.

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

But you might have to create more than one cut-extrude for closed shapes of the letters A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R.

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RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

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What version of SolidWorks do you have?

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

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I have SW2003.

RE: How do I make an engraving(text extrude)on a pipe.I want the depth to

OK. Then you can do what the other suggested. If you can, I suggest upgrading to 2004 (or 2005 when it comes out in a month or so). The newer versions allow you to do a wrap which is much easier and looks better.

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