Lighten Feature with Text

Hugh_Goodbody

@ilya_baran
I have been using the lighten feature you created with success. However, I have noticed something. If there is a remove extrude of text before the Lighten feature, then it does not work, the text however can be placed after. This did catch me out! But wanted to find out, what is it about the text that is affecting the resulting body?


https://cad.onshape.com/documents/eaf93c0679cefb7e5f938b63/w/2c651a4934b8fdf65bd41ce5/e/d67fbd979b522a998e0a8231

ilya_baran

The lighten feature works by doing a number of offsets (on the entire extruded face) among other operations.  My guess is that the problem is that the text creates geometry that is to complex to be offset (the offset is self-intersecting and can't be repaired).  Adding the text in a later feature sounds like a good approach.

ilya_baran

The lighten feature works by doing a number of offsets (on the entire extruded face) among other operations.  My guess is that the problem is that the text creates geometry that is to complex to be offset (the offset is self-intersecting and can't be repaired).  Adding the text in a later feature sounds like a good approach.