Draft on Text - Problems
Draft on Text - Problems
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Anyone got any tips on how to overcome outside draft on text. I have to put 3° of draft on text that is 72p large (Doesn't matter what font). The major problem is that the text sits about 1/3" away from the surface (extrude to next function), so than my extruded text is about 1/3" tall. Then I cut the extruded text with a surface offset and then a surface cut, to contor the extruded text to the rounded face. All in all the actual extruded text finishes to be about 0.050" tall which is no problem to draft normally






RE: Draft on Text - Problems
RE: Draft on Text - Problems
Open a new part, create a flat solid of some sort big enough for your text. Extrude your text at any height (default at 0.100" works well). Create a sketch on the top of your text's surface. Convert external and internal entities. Exit and copy the sketch. (The sketch is now "non-text"--meaning more versatile. This is the whole trick.)
Paste the sketch where you need it in your real part. (Edit sketch to move and scale properly.) Extrude with whatever draft you like. It should work fine.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
RE: Draft on Text - Problems
RE: Draft on Text - Problems
1) Why are you creating the text "away from the surface" & then using "extrude to next function"? Why not create the text on the surface & extrude out from there?
2) Where does the "rounded surface" come into play? Are you placing the text on a cylinder? If so, do you know about the Wrap function?
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RE: Draft on Text - Problems
RE: Draft on Text - Problems
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RE: Draft on Text - Problems
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.