Cut text at specific depth across organic curve

[nkloski]

Hi all....I have seen other posts on this forum talking about cutting text into regular bodies (spheres, fillets, etc.) but I have need of cutting text into a body that is irregular/organic.  Can someone suggest a workflow for this?

What I need:  cut some text at a 1mm depth into an organically shaped body and have the text remain readable

I originally though that after I created the text (and exploded it) I could "project" it onto a surface but:

-I was unable to do so via the "project to surface" command

-and even if I was able to do that, the slope of the organic body would make the lettering become skewed, and I want the lettering to remain regular

Here is an example of the profile of the cutting text via the Extrude command:

...as you can see, the text at the top is cut too deep, and the text at the bottom is not even cutting at all.....I want the text to be cut at 1mm wherever it might touch the body.

Just to give another view, here is another view:

Can anyone suggest ideas on how to do this?  The above example was created very quickly by Sculpting a box, making the corner irregular, and projecting text....very easy to re-create.

The actual use case for this is the modeling of a liquor bottle that is basically an ellipse...the logo of the band need to be cut into the body at a 1mm depth across the face of the bottle, but since it is an irregular shape, just extruding the text will cause the above issue.

Thanks!

[schneik-adsk · Accepted solution]

Extrude the text using the "to" distance
Be sure to change from "join" to "new body."
Then hide the main body, use "press pull" on the curved text faces that were created by terminating to the main body. In the press pull dialog choose, "new offset" and then offset the faces the depth you want to cut into the main body.
Lastly, turn the main body back on and use "combine" to "subtract" the text from the main body.

[nkloski]

Perfect perfect perfect...thanks!!!!!

[nkloski]

And one more thing, in case people want to emboss text (have it raised).

Similarly to the above...extrude the text with the "to" command so it matches up with the organic shape. 

"move" all of the extruded letters into the solid organic shape a bit.

"combine" them with the main organic shape as the target, and the letters as the "tools".  Select "intersect" and "new component".  You will now see the outline on your organic shape of the text.  "press/pull" each letter (or select all of the letters) outwards by the height you need...voila!

[schneik-adsk]

Glad it worked as you needed it!
We will be adding timeline support for offset surface in a future update. That will make this a little easier. But this method that you used is good to know and can be used for many different types of construction.