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Re: Debossed text on curved surface
@Glenn_Babecki If you can, avoid STL. It is ancient and terrible, like the Balrog. If you can, use STEP or parasolid. Most slicers support these and they are better for representing solid geometry. (View Post)1 -
Re: Debossed text on curved surface
Hi @Glenn_Babecki It can be difficult when creating solids, because they are created "beneath" the surface of the substrate part. One visual check I rely on is to look at the part list befo… (View Post)1 -
Re: Need Better Modeling Strategy
I have found modeling stacking structures is harder than it looks, particularly if they are molded. I noticed shell sometimes produces correct-but-weird results, as it does in your case. Looks ok, bu… (View Post)2 -
Re: Debossed text on curved surface
@S1mon Another vote for kerning, I see. @Glenn_Babecki Can you share a document with us? Your use case is exactly what Text path is for, so Im wondering why you aren't getting the result you want. Ap… (View Post)1 -
Re: Hope to add a windows font to a face of a dial
Try a few different Onshape fonts and find one you like (we have a zillion). I made a copy of your doc and used the feature to get you started: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4bfa67763847c6e83a309… (View Post)1