@@3DPrintingNerd You may (shape dependent of course) be able to pull off something like that using the sheet metal environment. I made a tutorial on how to do it a while back, so let me know if you want a link to it and I can shoot it your way :)
Finally. I digged your original tutorial and used that knowledge several times. This makes life easier. As the gif on the autodesk page shows, this is not just for engraving/embossing but actually give shape to circular objects.
Hi Vladimir, nice tutorial. However, I do want to point out that the adjustment of the horizontal distance at 7:36 is not actually in degrees, but rather a movement along the circumference in millimetres. But I totally understand why you could have made that error. At 2:10, when you randomly drew the sketch circle, the diameter was about 118 mm, which resulted in a circle with a diameter of about 370 mm, which is very close to 360. What an amazing coincidence! This gave the illusion of the feature shifting a quarter of the way at 90 and halfway at 180. I have verified this on larger cylinders as well.
The new feature is good and I can see myself using it with not just type but with shapes and patterns but it will not keep me from importing most of my type due to the rudimentary type tools. My work requires precision typographical control and that hasn't changed. Hint: Create a type box that is RingDia x pi long and you always know where your overlap is.
Hi Vlad, Yeah I was very excited to see this the other day and played around with it immediately too. I knew you'd make a video on it. Great work. When you got the error with the longer text, adding an angle looks like it would have wrapped it in a spiral, haven't tested it yet though. I have tried it now and it works perfectly. Looking forward to whatever Fusion 360 have coming with the sketch environment too.
Thanks Spike! Good point with the spiral text. I'm looking forward to experimenting some more and seeing how creative we can get with it. I'm also excited about the announcement to revamp the sketch text command. I think it's been long overdue!s Although this may mean I'll have to update my courses 🤦♂️
@@DesktopMakes In the Autodesk Whats New page it sounded like the emboss only works with text at the moment, but it works with other sketches too. Very exciting indeed. Yeah, sadly it does mean more work for you though.
Thanks Vladimir. As usual another Superb explanation from you again! The way you explained about this new feature put us at ease and also made us more confident to use the said feature.
Nice to see they finally got around to adding something like this. I discovered a way to to this using sheet metal objects ages ago, which has seen me through just fine, but this is much quicker :)
Vlad, thank you for the up[date, glad you have power back, quick question, as well as wrapping text around curved objects, can this process be used to place curved text onto a 80mm wide disc in the bottom half of it???
Hi Vladimir, I wonder if you can help me with this problem. Previously if i started a sketch and click on any face the work plane would turn flat and face the screen as you did with this video. But now if i choose any face the screen remains as it was and i have to turn it myself to be facing the front + i get this small planes with a circle where you can rotate it to give it a angle. I don't know if i'm making any sense or explaining it well, but if i am what settings have been changed as my son was drawing something and i think he as changed whatever because he uses Inventor. Many thanks and regards. Tony. By the way your videos are very good and very clear. Thank you so much.
Hi Tony, it sounds like you enabled 3D check. Click on create sketch and in your sketch palette on the right side of the screen uncheck 3D Sketch. This should fix it.
I love this new feature, but for some reason, certain faces cannot be selected. Can you elaborate on what types of faces can be selected for embossing?
Any issues 3D printing those rings? It seems like a number of letters have pieces that would be overhangs, especially the enclosed portions of closed letters (A, B, D, etc.), at least if you printed each ring with one of the flat surfaces on the bed.
Thx. 👍 So "Emboss" by default 'combines' the text to the existing body. And if you'd like to separate the body from the text? Hmm, I'll have to see what's possible. lol 😃
Hmm...Just tried a split body and it did not work so I created a sketch on the top surface of the ring and did an extrude cut and that worked. Left me with just the circular text.
Great video. Do you know if there's a way to remove the underlying surface after the text has been embossed, so that I just end up with the text in its embossed shape?
Can't like this enough - i had just made some customized covid keys for a charity and engraving the charity name on the keys would have been so much easier
could be better, need work with more fonts. i have a lot of fonts that i have to use illustrator to load the font, then save as tif , then use vector magic to convert the tiff to svg, then i upload the svg into fusion to use the emboss feature. what a hassle.
Gotcha, yeah, that is a pain when it doesn't have a font you need. I wonder if there's a way to have Fusion automatically recognize the fonts installed on your computer.
@@DesktopMakes fusion recognizes all my fonts and makes the font outlines in the sketch environment but they cant be extruded or embossed correctly if at all.
@@JD2jr. The old method for double curved surface was to unfold twice and then do an extrude before refolding twice(the extrude was done on a flat surface). You can do this: fold once, emboss, refold once. The problem now is that the refold will distort the emboss. Conclusion: The emboss will only help with distortion in one direction. Could be used for text around a torus, but offers minimal better result than the old method at minimal less effort.
@@JD2jr. Here is an example: ua-cam.com/video/lc8RpntVxO0/v-deo.html (he is not handling the straight sections in a smart way, but he does end up with a nice result.)
HOLY CRAP. FINALLY!
No not quite. The tool does not work on double curved surfaces. - cones, balls, revolved splines, lofts, ...
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@3D Printing Nerd Those were my exact words when I saw this! 🙌
@@3DPrintingNerd You may (shape dependent of course) be able to pull off something like that using the sheet metal environment. I made a tutorial on how to do it a while back, so let me know if you want a link to it and I can shoot it your way :)
@@DesktopMakes LoL! Me too.
Finally. I digged your original tutorial and used that knowledge several times. This makes life easier. As the gif on the autodesk page shows, this is not just for engraving/embossing but actually give shape to circular objects.
Yes! Looking forward to experimenting with all sorts of geometric shapes!
Thankyou Fusion 360 and Vladmir!! I didn't even know I could type in the text. This whole time I've manually sketched each letter ahah
Thank you! This is the first of your videos I have watched. I am a brand new Fusion 360 user and found you to be an excellent instructor!
Thanks Steve!
Hi Vladimir, nice tutorial. However, I do want to point out that the adjustment of the horizontal distance at 7:36 is not actually in degrees, but rather a movement along the circumference in millimetres. But I totally understand why you could have made that error. At 2:10, when you randomly drew the sketch circle, the diameter was about 118 mm, which resulted in a circle with a diameter of about 370 mm, which is very close to 360. What an amazing coincidence! This gave the illusion of the feature shifting a quarter of the way at 90 and halfway at 180. I have verified this on larger cylinders as well.
Aah...Thanks for the correction Fusion 360 School. Good to know. Yes that was quite the coincidence.
Really helpful to have such a clear explanation of the new feature so soon after it comes out! Thanks!
Thanks Julian, glad you found it helpful!
The new feature is good and I can see myself using it with not just type but with shapes and patterns but it will not keep me from importing most of my type due to the rudimentary type tools. My work requires precision typographical control and that hasn't changed. Hint: Create a type box that is RingDia x pi long and you always know where your overlap is.
Short and simple! Always look forward to your videos.
Thanks Freddy! Happy you find them helpful!
Hi Vlad, Yeah I was very excited to see this the other day and played around with it immediately too. I knew you'd make a video on it. Great work.
When you got the error with the longer text, adding an angle looks like it would have wrapped it in a spiral, haven't tested it yet though. I have tried it now and it works perfectly.
Looking forward to whatever Fusion 360 have coming with the sketch environment too.
Thanks Spike! Good point with the spiral text. I'm looking forward to experimenting some more and seeing how creative we can get with it. I'm also excited about the announcement to revamp the sketch text command. I think it's been long overdue!s Although this may mean I'll have to update my courses 🤦♂️
@@DesktopMakes In the Autodesk Whats New page it sounded like the emboss only works with text at the moment, but it works with other sketches too. Very exciting indeed.
Yeah, sadly it does mean more work for you though.
Very cool. I'm very excited to have this feature!
Thanks Claudio. So am I! Already thinking of some creative projects I can do with the new Emboss tool!
Thanks Vladimir. As usual another Superb explanation from you again! The way you explained about this new feature put us at ease and also made us more confident to use the said feature.
Thanks Bisheshwar! This made my day! I'm very happy to hear you find my videos to be so helpful!
I sincerely hope that the new text tools will finally allow text on an arc. That would save me a LOT of time!
They do mention sketch on path ability so sounds promising!
Nice to see they finally got around to adding something like this. I discovered a way to to this using sheet metal objects ages ago, which has seen me through just fine, but this is much quicker :)
Definitely speeds things up!
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Glad you like it!
Thank you, clear description of how to use this. Does this go all way through to the CAM module? Rotary is now $$
I haven't tested bringing it into the CAM environment but don't see why it wouldn't transfer.
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Great video as. Always 👍
Looking forward to see how it works out 👍😀
Thanks for sharing 👍😀
Thanks Asger!
Vlad, thank you for the up[date, glad you have power back, quick question, as well as wrapping text around curved objects, can this process be used to place curved text onto a 80mm wide disc in the bottom half of it???
Thanks Vladimir as usual a fantastic video and a great feature can’t wait to get busy with it
Awesome! Thanks for let us know!
Thanks Miguel!
Hi Vladimir, I wonder if you can help me with this problem. Previously if i started a sketch and click on any face the work plane would turn flat and face the screen as you did with this video. But now if i choose any face the screen remains as it was and i have to turn it myself to be facing the front + i get this small planes with a circle where you can rotate it to give it a angle. I don't know if i'm making any sense or explaining it well, but if i am what settings have been changed as my son was drawing something and i think he as changed whatever because he uses Inventor. Many thanks and regards. Tony. By the way your videos are very good and very clear. Thank you so much.
Hi Tony, it sounds like you enabled 3D check. Click on create sketch and in your sketch palette on the right side of the screen uncheck 3D Sketch. This should fix it.
Thank you so much Vladimir. My son got it sorted.
I love this new feature, but for some reason, certain faces cannot be selected. Can you elaborate on what types of faces can be selected for embossing?
Awesome! thanks for sharing that! One question: Can you import a logo in svg and do the same thing that you did with the text tool?
Finally this option its avaiable. Nice vid thx for sharing ;)
Thanks Henrique! Happy to share.
Nice bro,do you have video how to add text inside the ring part?
Thanks. You can simply select the inside face of the ring.
@@DesktopMakes Thanks a lot sir
Would this also work with shapes? Like if I made a sketch pattern of some circles
It would work very similar. Simply select the sketch profiles instead of the text.
Any issues 3D printing those rings? It seems like a number of letters have pieces that would be overhangs, especially the enclosed portions of closed letters (A, B, D, etc.), at least if you printed each ring with one of the flat surfaces on the bed.
I have yet to 3D print it but usually you can get away with a small overhang when 3d printing.
Can you tell me how to either fillet or chamfer the embossed text. Thanks
I have a Not for Commercial Use version of Fusion 360. When I click on Create, there is no option for TEXT. How do I fix that problem?
Thx. 👍 So "Emboss" by default 'combines' the text to the existing body.
And if you'd like to separate the body from the text? Hmm, I'll have to see what's possible. lol 😃
Hmm...Just tried a split body and it did not work so I created a sketch on the top surface of the ring and did an extrude cut and that worked. Left me with just the circular text.
@@DesktopMakes 👍 Thank you. 😃
Great video. Cool feature. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thanks garagemonkeysan! Happy to share!
Very slick! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
what about created models using forms? sketch from ref pics then use forms to model
This saves a lot of time and frustration :-)
Yes, I agree. No more workarounds!
Great video. Do you know if there's a way to remove the underlying surface after the text has been embossed, so that I just end up with the text in its embossed shape?
Never mind -- I figured a way to do it by splitting the emobssed body with the surface.
Never mind -- I figured a way to do it by splitting the emobssed body with the surface.
Can't like this enough - i had just made some customized covid keys for a charity and engraving the charity name on the keys would have been so much easier
Covid Keys - very cool!
Thanks. Very useful video
You rock, thanks for the video! stay safe
Thanks Clif! I actually have a degree in Geology so when someone tells me "you rock" it has an extra layer of meaning to me! 😉
This is really cool, great video! Thank you :)
Thank you. 👍🏻
This is good news. You are a terrific presenter, calm soothing voice... Always welcome in a frustrating learning experience :)
Instead of turning your text 180 deg., I think that you will find that it is easier to use the flip buttons.
Ah, good catch!
I tried on a sphere and it didn't worked because it seems that the surface of the sphere isn't a face.
Yeah, I tried it also after reading your comment and noticed the same. Hopefully in the next update 🤞
@@DesktopMakes also tried to split top and bottom of the sphere but stil no joy. it seems the fonctionnality work only if the curvature is not 3D
I love fusion, but geez that took a while hey? lol Glad we have it now though.
Can I give this 8 thumbs up. Thank you!
😊 Sure! I'll take it!
could be better, need work with more fonts. i have a lot of fonts that i have to use illustrator to load the font, then save as tif , then use vector magic to convert the tiff to svg, then i upload the svg into fusion to use the emboss feature. what a hassle.
Gotcha, yeah, that is a pain when it doesn't have a font you need. I wonder if there's a way to have Fusion automatically recognize the fonts installed on your computer.
@@DesktopMakes fusion recognizes all my fonts and makes the font outlines in the sketch environment but they cant be extruded or embossed correctly if at all.
I hate that the new emboss tool does not work on double curved surfaces - e.g. a revolved spline.
Perhaps combining the new emboss tool with the old sheet metal unfolding trick would work?
@@JD2jr. The old method for double curved surface was to unfold twice and then do an extrude before refolding twice(the extrude was done on a flat surface). You can do this: fold once, emboss, refold once. The problem now is that the refold will distort the emboss. Conclusion: The emboss will only help with distortion in one direction. Could be used for text around a torus, but offers minimal better result than the old method at minimal less effort.
You can unfold twice? I'm pretty sure I tried that before and couldn't get it to work.
@@JD2jr. Here is an example: ua-cam.com/video/lc8RpntVxO0/v-deo.html (he is not handling the straight sections in a smart way, but he does end up with a nice result.)
@@JD2jr. Sorry - he does not do it by double fold, but wit a projection. I will create a youtube video showing the method.
This is grteat except for when theres more than 1 curve, eg: curve in another direction
Make it compress the text when it is too long for surface
Yes, that would work.
At last 🤪
Just one more example please, embossed on a conical surfaces 😉
The TOP face !!! It's right in front of you the whole time... CAN YOU PUT TEXT ON WHEELS ??? ... Like every car in the world has 5,,, !!!
the old way of getting text and shapes onto curved surfaces sure was tedious