V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
(OP)
I am in need of help with v18 sheetmetal text cutout to work correctly. When I try to rebend the sheetmetal back into the right shape that I need it comes up with an error or it cuts everything out of the part. Can someone please help?
Thanks
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RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
it would be nice if you could supply a picture of what your
SM-part looks and where you would like to place the text.
Otherwise it's nearly impossible to give an advice
dy
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
Thanks
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
hmm, not quite I've to confess. It is possible to wrap
a sketch on that surface. The normal cutout, however, must
be done by switching to the part environment. The SM normal
cutout will not recognize the wrapped sketch. the cut will
prevent, however, the flattening or unbending of that shape.
BTW: there is no need to have the full part as a pic just
a cutout of it that shows the shape with some surrounding
on which to place the sketch
dy
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
what kind of error (message) do you get when placing the
cutout. I know of certain letters that may fail the letter
'm' is of that kind.
dy
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
what does the 'Stencil Font' (V19) allow me to do, wrap text,
normal cutout?
That can be done with other fonts as well, but sometimes
SE chokes on it.
dy
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
What marpoe9 tries to do is to unbend, then insert text cutout of the unbend part and rebend it. This is what I meant 'Stencil Font' allows it to do.
In other fonts, texts like O, D, P etc create cutout that makes the material 'float', SE doesn't allow this to rebend.
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
ok, that was not quite clear. Maybe I was mislead by
the subject and 'wrap text' for there is no need to use
it when placing text on a flat piece even when it
crosses the bending zone.
But when on V18 one can use this font:
gunplay
dy
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
In V19 sheet metal...
Created contour flange of cylinder 6" diameter with 1/64" open seam to allow flattening. Unbend this profile. Create sketch on face and insert text "help". Normal cutout and select single wireframes not including the inner profile of the 'e' and 'p'. Rebend profile.
Rebend will not work with inner profile of 'e' and 'p' included.
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jef
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
Something to keep in mind..
IJsbrand
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
the 'Stencil' font is part of V19, but as mentioned earlier
you could use the font Gunplay (see previous post for a link)
@onefjef,
yes, I understood fwc's comment, but in the original question
it wasn't so clear that's why I didn't get the picture.
dy
RE: V18 SHEETMETAL WRAP TEXT
I've downloaded the gunplay font you provided. In my opinion, this font type is better because it has lower case letters.