Making cookie cutters out of Text

edward_casati

I'm having trouble with something that seems should be fairly simple.
I want to extrude text, but just the edge. Imagine making a "cookie cutter" where the "letter" is 100mm tall, but it is only an outline with 2mm thick walls, 5mm tall.
Suppose I type the number "1". I then extrude it 5mm. I end up with a 5mm thick "1". I then make a new "1", but this one is 94mm tall. Two things happen... If I overlay the numbers, they haven't scaled the same. And I can't "extrude/remove" to create an outline.
So how do I take a standard text character, convert it to an outline, thicken the outline to 2mm and then extrude the whole thing 5mm?

michael_watson

Try just using a shell operation after extruding the text sketch:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e10ca383dc67d02ffd0130b7/w/5879ea94e5d4e3871a744448/e/b90aabd0a82f0605fbb13803

owen_sparks

Yup, or extrude the edges as a surface and then thicken.

Owen S.

michael_watson

Try just using a shell operation after extruding the text sketch:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e10ca383dc67d02ffd0130b7/w/5879ea94e5d4e3871a744448/e/b90aabd0a82f0605fbb13803

owen_sparks

Yup, or extrude the edges as a surface and then thicken.

Owen S.

edward_casati

Thank you! I knew there must be a simple answer.