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Draft on Text - Problems

Draft on Text - Problems

Draft on Text - Problems

(OP)
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

Parting Line draft is best used for this situation instead of neutral plane.  The bad news is going to be selecting edges.  Maybe you can use a window select with the edge selection filter turned on.  It will be a major bummer if you have a paragraph of text, maybe not so bad if you just have a few characters.  

RE: Draft on Text - Problems

Here's a quicker way I normally do this.

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

(OP)
Thanks, dezignstuff worked like magic.  Theophilus tried your method but with the same problematic result.  I assume a sketch entity is much easier to work with than text.

RE: Draft on Text - Problems

I'm a tad confused!

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

(OP)
I need the extruded text to follow the contour of the surface.  The surface is a lofted surface where the wrap function will not work.

RE: Draft on Text - Problems

@Theophilus: Rightclick the inserted text -> "Dissolve Sketch Text"

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

RE: Draft on Text - Problems

Thanks Stefan--great tip I never knew about.


Jeff Mowry
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