Debossed Text on a Revolved Surface

jay_williams

How do I created debossed text (sunken into the part) on a part that I revolved from a sketch? I should also probably have a bit of draft to the letters, as it will be injection molded and I want the part to come free of the mold easily.

Thanks,
Jay

philip_thomas

Without this being an exceptionally complex mold, you will generally be pulling in 1 direction. This makes life a lot easier - the extruded text direction will be the same for all characters. Below is a quick example of how to do it, there are many ways to achieve this. If you truly want characters arrayed about a central axis (very UN-(injection)moldable), then you would simply repeat this process for each character. Have fun!

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fa86c89b4eda45327d52a3b7/w/ba5209f5cad7128db5527065/e/6ec5b3b83f0e8e2ace7687dd

jay_williams

Here's more specifically what I want to do. I would like a string of text like this on opposite sides of my handle. Do your instructions apply to what I'm trying to do? Thanks.

philip_thomas

Yes

jay_williams

philip_thomas said:

Yes

Great! I'll give it whirl. Thanks!