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Can text be placed on a curved surface?

Can text be placed on a curved surface?

Can text be placed on a curved surface?

(OP)
For simplicity, I have a cylinder that I want to place text on.  I would like it on the surface and following the surface with a uniform depth of cut.  

Currently I put the text on a plane that is tangent to the outside of the surface.  I then make a shallow extruded cut, just enough so all of the text intersects the part.  This makes the depth of the text vary, deep in the middle and shallow at the ends.

Can anybody help me on how I could have the text follow the outside curve?

Thanks

RE: Can text be placed on a curved surface?

Look into using the Wrap function in SW04. You can't use this feature on a free form surface.

You can emboss, deboss and scribe. Also try running search here. This issue has already then discussed

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Can text be placed on a curved surface?

(OP)
Thanks for the help.  I just tried the wrap/scribe and it worked perfectly.

RE: Can text be placed on a curved surface?

Your welcome. I remembered seeing it before, lucky find.

RE: Can text be placed on a curved surface?

Yes

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