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Subject: How to create 3D text on Catia?

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prasert
Posts:1

07/26/2008 8:31 AM Alert 
I'd like to create the text within Part design workbench to projected on the 3D model.
Can anyone help me?

Thank you.
ande1866
Posts:13

08/21/2008 11:34 PM Alert 
Open a drawing file, write out whatever you want on a surface, highlight the words and copy them. Once copied in a dxf file you can paste it right into a sketch. CATIA V5 will create the profiles from what you have copied. From here you can pad, pocket, or lay tool paths on the text. Have fun!
cadu1981
Posts:1

01/19/2009 12:34 PM Alert 
Ande1866, this method is not working, or i cannot do this! can you specify in another way to do this?
ande1866
Posts:13

01/19/2009 5:26 PM Alert 
You have to save the file as a DXF, close out the CATdrawing and open the DFX inside of catia. Then you can highlight the text inside the DXF file and paste them into sketches. Let me know if that gets the job done.
Edwin Anderson
University of Idaho

1. Open Drawing File
2. Use text editor to type what you want, make it the desired size and font
3. Save file as, DXF, not CATdrawing
4. Open DXF inside of CATIA, you can now see your text is an outlined sketch.
5. Drag select the text
6. Right Click text and copy
7. Open up sketch workbench, and paste

Have fun ;)

ande1866
Posts:13

01/19/2009 5:32 PM Alert 
PS, to paste right click on the sketch in the tree and hit paste, that might be what was messing some people up. Also CATIA pastes the text wherever in the window it wants, so you may have to hunt for it. Hint, sometimes it's really small and hidden, and other times it's huge, depending on the text size you choose in the drawing file.

Edwin Anderson
University of Idaho
perfect85
Posts:3

04/04/2009 5:13 AM Alert 
thank you !now i can do it!
DustinRojas
Posts:1

06/07/2009 10:32 AM Alert 
my company makes coins

how could you do this

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i make letter by letter

can you suggest me a fast way to make this feature


by the way i work with Solid Edge V20 but I have a good knowledge of CATIA V5R19
perfect85
Posts:3

10/09/2009 12:30 AM Alert 
there is a condition in this creation,
in the" tools--->option--->general--->compatibility--->dxf---->Export mode "option must select "Graphic"
that's all
thank you
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