Hello Everyone!
I am designing a medal like a picture attached.
I have used dome features on the logo at the center and that gives a very pleasing shiny look after casting the part
I want to do the same to the text around it, sadly I can not use full round fillet or dome feature over the text.
The top of the text needs to be rounded so that it can catch the light.
Is it possible to get this effect in Solidworks?
Thanks
Attach the *.sldprt file of your attempt here.
This is a hard topic. There is no magic wand that will do it "ad hoc".
You are unable to round the text because probably you use a radius value greater than half the narrowest element in the text. (this is not a rule! unfortunately sometimes fonts have errors) The most important is choosing the right font for the intended effect. In your case, "fat" fonts with thick serifs will be best.
It's a good idea to use the "draft" option when extracting text
If the above effect is too flat for you, "play" with the surfaces remains or make it in eg. Rhino and import to SW
Thank you for your response.
I do understand how fillets work. The example you have shown has the same problem. The edges around but the top of the font is still flat.
Any tutorial you can suggest to achieve the results I am looking for on rhino?
Remove draft option from Extrude feature
Before round add over each letter the dome (turned surface formed from an arch)
Then replace the upper (flat) surface of the letter with this dome (Insert-Face-Replace menu)
Now add Draft (if necessary) and Fillets and smile
On your photo top surface of letters are too flat. But the noise cheating on the eye. The plaing with top surfaces is necessary if they are big.
can you please share the file for the above part?
All information you have on screenshots.
What version of SWX you have?
Generally minimum four different views are needed to see the exact topology of the part as like first or third angle projection.
In this case 3 views are enough.
Front view is needed to see this topology.
.. you'd need to one at a time on that arc,... maybe a font which is close extrude down with draft or loft/ boundary blend top font and offset/scaled bottom font or all manual?
can you explain with an example?
There no rules. For each letter you must use other way. Example with "A" you can't use to "C"
Got that thank you.! I will try your technique and post back here soon
Please see the image belwo