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6-Contributor
April 13, 2020
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Embossing Text on cylinder in Creo Elements Express

  • April 13, 2020
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Hello all,

 

     I'm trying to emboss text on a cylinder in Creo Elements Express.  I do the following:

 

1) Create cylinder

2) Create workplane parallel to cylinder face

3) "Modeling->Modify 2D->Text to Profile" the text onto the workplane

4) "3D Geometry->3D Curve->Wrap on Surf" the text onto the cylinder

 

     ...At this point I can use "Modeling->Modify 3D->Pull" to emboss the text, but it embosses linearly, as opposed to embossing out relative to the surface of the cylinder.  I suspect I should be using "Modeling->Modify 3D->Offset", but I can't figure out which set of options (if any) can accomplish this.

 

      Any ideas?

 

      -BW

2 replies

16-Pearl
April 14, 2020

I am not able to test this myself, but what if you created a work plane perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder.  Draw a circle on the cylinder and align the faces to the circle?

BenW6-ContributorAuthor
6-Contributor
April 14, 2020
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're suggesting. If I draw a circle on the workplane, then wrap it onto the cylinder, how do I use that to solve my problem?
16-Pearl
April 14, 2020

This is a feature introduced in V19.  You can align faces to geometry.  Look at this tutorial on the PTC website.

 

https://learningconnector.ptc.com/content/tut-3481/reviewing-enhanced-align-functionality?isNew=false

 

I hope this helps.

17-Peridot
January 23, 2023

Hi,

Have found a video about this.
Maybe this is more helpful

 

PTC Creo Elements Direct Modeling Express | Kante auf Fläche (gebogen) Teil 2 - YouTube

 

Have a nice day