2 Replies Latest reply on Oct 13, 2017 11:12 AM by Eric Blankinship

Offset Entities a Text in Sketch Mode

Mohamad Faeez Bin Mohamad Said Oct 13, 2017 10:38 AM

Hi,

I am trying to sketch the outline (1mm gap) of a text drawn in Sketch Mode by using the Offset Entities tool but it wouldn't work. Would really appreciate it if anyone could advise me on how I could achieve it.

I am currently using SolidWorks Standard Edition 2017.

Thanks.

Re: Offset Entities a Text in Sketch Mode

Kevin Pymm Oct 13, 2017 11:03 AM (in response to Mohamad Faeez Bin Mohamad Said)

Right click on your text & select "Dissolve Text", then you will be able to use the offset command. Only problem being you will get lots of very small lines making up the text & when offset, will probably get lots of overlapping geometry that will need trimming.
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  Eric Blankinship Oct 13, 2017 11:12 AM (in response to Kevin Pymm)
  
  You can somewhat get around that problem by going into the text>disabling "use document font">and then increase the letter spacing.
  
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