How do I add 3D text to a curved surface

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I’m trying to add raised text to this screwdriver handle as shown in the pic. The pic shows a UV extraction but that doesn’t seem to work.

Screwdriver
Screwdriver1005×1055 134 KB

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I got it to work by rebuilding the center section to have orthogonal UV parameters and then using FlowAlongSrf.
flowalongsrf.3dm (2.6 MB)

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That’s great, thank you. How do I make that into 3d text

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One way would be to split (a copy of) the underlying surface with the curves and then offset each piece.

Alternatively, you could extrude the text to be 3D prior to running the FlowAlongSrf command.

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I tried creating the text as a solid and then created an underlying surface then flowalongsrf. That didn’t work either. Attached is a pic of the project completed in Aspire. I just wanted to do it in Rhino.

Screwdriver with raised text
Screwdriver with raised text1130×1650 81.6 KB

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If you haven’t seen it, there is a good tutorial that shows how to do this:

Wrapping 3D Text

You can find the file (Wrap.3dm) for the tutorial under Help->Learn Rhino->Tutorials and Samples…

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image
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You can add fillets either before or after the flow operation.

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That’s a great tutorial. Thanks for the link.