Say I want to model a label that will be applied to the outer surface of a cylinder.
I’d like to create a Sketch, use the “Text” entity, extrude the text a few thousandths of an inch, then, in a subsequent feature, “bend” the extrude to an 8” radius to later mate it to a 16” dia. cylinder.
How would this be done?
I’ve made curved labels in the past by extruding a thin cylinder (the label “substrate”), then doing a scribed wrap onto the cylinder, then a Delete Face. This method works, but it runs off the tracks if a double-nested contour exists.
Thanks for any help.