machining text onto profile

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

I have watched a video or 2 on this, and cannot replicate. I am trying to create engraved text on a surved surface so i can machine it.

customer sent us the model with the text backwards. I filled it in best i could, and now im trying to subtract away the material for the correct engraving. 

can someone show me how to do this? i get an error when doing extrude from surface.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

try emboss

günther

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

seems like it doesn't like where it overlaps the old text. it works just fine when i move it over like you did in the screencast. How can I fix the old text first?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@CuttingEdgeManufacturing wrote:

 How can I fix the old text first?

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delete faces

günther

[g-andresen]

Hi,

I would trace the contours

günther

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

thank you everyone. delete faces worked on most of the faces, but not all of them. in the end, the customer ended up sending a new file anyways, so I just programmed that file instead.