Struggling with text orientation

len_2

I'm trying to put extruded text on opposite sides of a simple object. Let's for, example, say the text is "FRONT" and "BACK". I can place the "FRONT" text OK, but when I place the "BACK" text on the opposite side on the object the text is backwards, and often upside down as well (but oddly not always upside down). I can't figure out how to get it so it reads in proper direction.

Here is an example. If you flip the disk around a vertical axis to see the back, you'll see the problem.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b3bf08d5d93943d097ce00b9/w/e1d8040a9f8644f1821537d8/e/3e1d2f6c324d484cb325c840

Stuart_Tod

@len_2 ,

Your example displays properly for me? Neither backward or upside down (when rotated vertically, I suppose it's upside down if spun sideways around a vertical axis).

What happens if you write the text on the 'front' plane and mirror it then remove the original? Would that work?

philip_thomas

Getting a lot of "Text" Questions.
It's actually easier than you think.



https://cad.onshape.com/documents/646253eead84426a84770e46/w/d193549e6568450c8d906be3/e/f957f390632f4f31bee53d6e

philip_thomas

Here is an example of text on an arc AND text on a curve



https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8ba6a3a478b145f2ab7b9f7b/w/93e3539053f744a1b3e6c50e/e/3ead7bc09f184ffa845e8931

andrew_troup

@philip_thomas
Verreee crafteeee... and somewhat cryptic.

andrew_troup

@philip_thomas
The reversed text is a bit more of a fiddle in the case where there is not a parallel face on the opposite side of the part on which to conveniently sketch the desired text, no?

philip_thomas

andrew_troup said:

@philip_thomas
The reversed text is a bit more of a fiddle in the case where there is not a parallel face on the opposite side of the part on which to conveniently sketch the desired text, no?

If there were no parallel face, I would offset a plane and if after two tries i couldn't get it to work, i would thicken the back face as a new part and use the new parallel face to do the same thing.

andrew_troup

@/philip_thomas
I knew you'd say that ! (it is, indeed, a "bit more of a fiddle")

It would be scraping the bottom of the barrel, I feel,  to resort to such inelegant kludges as creating a 180 degree (reversed plane) by stacking up two 90 degree intermediate steps...

I look forward to the day when we have a "Flip Plane" command in Onshape.
I'm not aware that even SW has got around to that as yet. I'm not averse to a bit of flip flopping!

nav

len_2 said:

I'm trying to put extruded text on opposite sides of a simple object. Let's for, example, say the text is "FRONT" and "BACK". I can place the "FRONT" text OK, but when I place the "BACK" text on the opposite side on the object the text is backwards, and often upside down as well (but oddly not always upside down). I can't figure out how to get it so it reads in proper direction.

Here is an example. If you flip the disk around a vertical axis to see the back, you'll see the problem.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b3bf08d5d93943d097ce00b9/w/e1d8040a9f8644f1821537d8/e/3e1d2f6c324d484cb325c840

Hi Len one possible approach is to remove the horizontal constraint from the box that contains the text and simply rotate it to your desired position, see video below.

gray_watson

nav said:

Hi Len one possible approach is to remove the horizontal constraint from the box that contains the text and simply rotate it to your desired position, see video below.

I still don't get this and it doesn't work for me.  This is _not_ about rotation, it's about text direction.  I don't get "Back" upside down on the back-side of my part, I get it in reverse order, i.e.   kcab with each letter flipped horizontally.  I need a FLIP not a rotation.

What am I missing?

gray_watson

philip_thomas said:

Getting a lot of "Text" Questions.
It's actually easier than you think.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/646253eead84426a84770e46/w/d193549e6568450c8d906be3/e/f957f390632f4f31bee53d6e:smile:

It's a nice example although you are on the _sides_ of the object, not the front or the back.  Also, can you explain how to do this instead of showing the finished product?

Thanks.

dave_cowden

@gray_watson
@philip_thomas
It is a bit tangential to your conversation, but I have just finished a FeatureScript that makes it easy to add text along a curved surface, adjust spacing, etc:

You can adjust the text orientation, but also the height, spacing, and the curve along which the text rides:

You can read more here:

    http://store.parametricparts.com/store/p10/CURVED-TEXT-1.0

or simply load up the document directly, here:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/cfec40e2b66bb4ddb2f3414b/w/24132f252a02825eb0606641/e/7a70ac021729253c4df9d213

Enjoy, and of course I'd love feedback if you've got it!

chris_wentworth

philip_thomas said:

Here is an example of text on an arc AND text on a curve



https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8ba6a3a478b145f2ab7b9f7b/w/93e3539053f744a1b3e6c50e/e/3ead7bc09f184ffa845e8931

chris_wentworth

how the hell do we do this!!!?!!??!!?!?!?!?!?!

vu_tran_viet

Here's the trick that works for me: otate the box, remove the horizontal constraint on the lower edge, apply a Fix constraint to one corner, then drag an opposite corner." Ref: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/text-rectangle.htm