Creating Decals
Creating Decals
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What is a good way to make decals? I am routinely asked to provide drawings for vendors that include various decals. Sometimes the drawings are only for placement (i.e. part of an assembly), and sometimes the decal manufacturer needs a drawing.
I need to use basic fonts found in MS Word and symbols such as "registered tradmark" or "copyright". I need to be able to specify the size of these decals depending on the part we're putting it on.
In the past, I've simply extruded text, but that slows down my system and doesn't offer a lot of flexability. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful.
Thanks,
I need to use basic fonts found in MS Word and symbols such as "registered tradmark" or "copyright". I need to be able to specify the size of these decals depending on the part we're putting it on.
In the past, I've simply extruded text, but that slows down my system and doesn't offer a lot of flexability. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful.
Thanks,






RE: Creating Decals
RE: Creating Decals
I have to put similar things on my drawings and there might be a better way, but this is how I do it:
I open a fresh 2d drawing, draw up the decal, then I make it into a block. I store these blocks in my library and whenever I need one, I can just insert it to whatever scale I need.
If you already have these decals drawing in Autocad, you can just open them up into a new 2d SWX drawing and make a block out of that.
If you are talking about trying to put a decal on the 3d part, then you can do that with Photoworks and a picture file.
Hope that works for you!
RE: Creating Decals
RE: Creating Decals
Any one no of good tuts for using decals?
Thanks
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RE: Creating Decals
I'd like to use a decal so I can show the sticker in the model/assembly. Can you make a decal from a block?
RE: Creating Decals
RE: Creating Decals
If you are looking for something that quick and dirty. you can use the Wrap feature. I made an example here. Manual Decal
I did find and turn in a few bugs I found. There are some limitations to the Text. I found that the inside of the text will not scribe into the body of a contoured part. It shows that it does, but the face is not its own face. So this is a problem. You can see why the inside of the text is completely colored in.
I hope this helps,
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RE: Creating Decals
I give the graphics file to our vendors (JPEG, TIFF, EPS, PDF, whatever they like), model the label (like 0.004" thick) as a solid part, and apply the decal to the label. If you're printing labels, you'll ultimately need this graphics file anyway--might as well build/draw it as you go.
Jeff Mowry
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RE: Creating Decals
RE: Creating Decals
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The texture was done by a slight face offset (extruded and then cut down to only ~.004" thick), but can also be done with split lines (no offset, but more of a slow process, since only one contour at a time can split a surface).
The 2D decal was created in Photoshop by importing PDF artwork from the client. I first modeled the label for the right size to fit the space, forwarded the dimensions to the client for artwork, and then applied the decal to the label for a rendering. I give the printers the die-cut dimensions for the label along with the artwork and the rendering (to avoid any misunderstanding). Works fairly well.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.