Tech Tip: How to Apply a Logo or Text on Non-Cylindrical Faces

The Wrap feature is used in Onshape to project sketches onto cylindrical surfaces. But what if you want to have text or a logo on a non-cylindrical surface? This Tech Tip explains how to do this.

Insert the Sketch of the Logo or Lettering

As a first step, you must either create a sketch on a sketch plane or, if the sketch already exists, derive from another Part Studio and/or Document. The distance to the projected surface is irrelevant, but the size of the sketch and its position are important.

Tip: If the sketch already exists, it may also be useful to create a mirrored version of it, depending on whether the face to be projected onto is behind or in front of the sketch plane.

Creating a Surface that Controls the Height

The next step is to create an offset surface from the surface on which the logo is to be extruded later. It is best to work with a variable for the offset here so that you can easily adjust the logo's height later.

Extrude the Logo

This is the last and most important step. 

Select the Extrude feature and choose the Add creation type. The sketch to be extruded is the previously created or derived sketch. Select Up to face for the End type and select the face that you previously created with the Offset face feature. Check Second End Position, and again select Up to face for the End type. Select the surface of the body from which the extrusion should start. Make sure that both extrusions point in the right direction. This projects and raises a sketch onto a non-cylindrical surface. 

Using a variable lets you easily control the height of the logo. Also, coloring the logo’s faces can make a good impression.

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