Text won't extrude reliably with taper

[nvetters]

I'm trying to design a stamp (3d printed) for the bottom of a piece of pottery that my dad is making several of. It needs to press in text in a ring around the outside, which will then be filled with glaze to make it appear prominently. I want the letters to be tapered in so that it can go in and out smoothly without adhering too much to the clay and pulling some out, but when I try to apply any taper to the text extrusion it has a lot of trouble with a few particular letters.

I've tried tweaking settings back and forth and it just turns different letters on and off. At one point I got all of them except M to show up.

Why is it so finnicky? Is there a better way to do this, or do I have to just keep playing with it until it works?

I've attached an example version. I was hoping for 2mm depth and at least 10-15deg taper, but at this point anything that will work I'll take.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Not every Font allows extrusions with taper.
This is especially true when the angle is -10 degrees, as in this case.
This is due to self-intersections caused by the special contour.
Which font do you use?
By the way, Fusion prefers OTF fonts.

günther

[wmhazzard · Accepted solution]

The only way to reliably add draft to text is to use the chamfer tool. Extrude with angle and the draft command usually fail on some letters. Set the chamfer tool to distance and angle, select the faces of the text, click flip direction in the chamfer tool, add dimension and angle. 

 

[nvetters]

Thank you!! That works perfectly, I hadn't thought of that.

[ellobo91]

This is the closest i've found on my problem. the thing is this solution dont work for me. I have an intricate design that needs to be extruded with a taper for the same reason, the thing is my tapers/chamfers have to collide, mine wont do that... Any advice on a different solution or where to start troubleshooting this?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Please share the file.

File > export > save as f3d on local drive  > attach it to the post

günther