How do I wrap sticker text around long axis of cylinder?

How do I wrap sticker text around long axis of cylinder?

gatech.tim2
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How do I wrap sticker text around long axis of cylinder?

gatech.tim2
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I want to show a sticker I am creating on a cylindrical part in Fusion 360 but can not get it to work.  The letters would run along the long axis of the cylinder (see picture), not wrap around like a ring. 

 

Ideally, I want to create curved text and extrude it into a really thin layer that I can then move into place on top of a component (mesh object).  I tried extruding on that component, but I could not select the face because it just picked up a single face of the component. 

 

So, I created a simple cylinder body and I tried the embossing function, but it won't work.  I can select the text and the face, but there is no option and I can't click OK.  I tried to extrude and cut into the cylinder, but that didn't work.  Even though I could select the text and the body, it would not cut.  Surely there is a way to wrap text around a cylinder.  How would you model a Coke can without that ability? 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

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TheCADWhisperer
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For a printed sticker I would do as Sheet Metal and Split Face rather than Extrude.

Set appropriate appearances for the faces.

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jhackney1972
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Embossed Text, either debossed or embossed, should work.  Model attached.

 

Edit: I read a little closer, you want to move the finished text to a mesh object.  My process will not be correct for that.

 

Embossed.jpg

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jhackney1972
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You can create a surface sleeve from the model I supplied and slide it over a mesh body.  Model is attached.

 

Surface Sleeve.jpg

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laughingcreek
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as  @jhackney1972 has demonstrated, emboss should work.  can you attach you're .f3d file so we can see why it's not working for you? 

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etfrench
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Here is a cylinder thin extruded to .01".  The text was debossed .005".  After converting it to a mesh, it can be combined with another mesh.

etfrench_0-1693334007591.png

 

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gatech.tim2
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Thanks for the model. It verifies that I was doing everything correctly.  The emboss seems to work in this sample file, but if I change the font to the one I need, it no longer works.  So there may be an issue with Trajan 3 font.
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