In the tree view, select Extrude, and press Space in the keyboard to make it visible.ġ1. Positioning the solid text in 3D spaceġ0. Sketch line created on top of the solid face, to be used as reference guide for positioning the extruded text. Line being created with the sketcher, with constraints. You can do this if you wish by assigning a fixed distance, say, 20 mm, again with ConstrainDistanceX. Since the sketch is just an auxiliary object, we don't need to have it fully constrained. Constrain the left endpoint to be 2.5 mm away from the local X axis and from the local Y axis, using ConstrainDistanceX and ConstrainDistanceY. The length is not important we are just interested in its position. Draw a horizontal line in a general position on top of the face. The view should adjust automatically so that the camera is parallel to the selected face. In the Sketch attachment dialog, select FlatFace, and press OK. Choose the sloped face created by the chamfer operation ( Face3). In the tree view, select Chamfer, and press Space in the keyboard to make it visible.ĩ.1. In the tree view, select Extrude, and press Space in the keyboard to make it invisible.ĩ. Now we will draw a simple sketch that will be used as auxiliary geometry to position the ShapeString extrusion.ħ. Text created as a ShapeString, and turned into a solid by extrusion. In the tree view, select Extrude, in the View tab change the value of Line Width to 2.0. In the Extrude task panel go to Direction, choose Along normal in Length, set Along to 1 mm also tick the Create solid option. In the tree view, select ShapeString, then press Extrude. Text created as a ShapeString, that is, as a collection of edges in a plane. To restore the view to isometric, press View isometric, or 0 in the keyboard.
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To see the ShapeString from above change the view by pressing Top (XY), or 2 in the keyboard. This will hide the object, so you can see the ShapeString better. In the tree view, select Chamfer, in the View tab change the value of Visibility to false, or press Space in the keyboard. In the tree view, select ShapeString, in the View tab change the value of Line Width to 2.0. Recompute the document by pressing Refresh. Note: for more details about working with fonts please refer to the Draft ShapeString Notes section. to open the operating system's dialog to find a font. Make sure Font file points to a valid font, for example, /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf. Change String to FreeCAD change Height to 5 mm change Tracking to 0 mm. Establish the working plane to XY (Top) by clicking on SelectPlane and pressing Top (XY).ĥ.1. Make sure nothing is selected in the tree view. In the tree view, select Chamfer, in the View tab change the value of Line Width to 2.0.īase object created from a cube and a chamfer operation. As Chamfer type choose Equal distance, then set Length to 5 mm. In the Chamfer edges task panel go to Selection, choose Select edges. Select the upper edge ( Edge6) on the front face of the Cube in the 3D view. Change the dimensions in the Data tab of the property editor. Insert a primitive cube by clicking on Box.Ģ.1. If you selected something wrong or want to de-select everything, just click on empty space in the 3D view. Hold Ctrl while you click to select multiple items. Press the View fit all button whenever you add objects in order to pan and zoom the 3D view so that all elements are seen in the view. Press the View isometric button, or press 0 in the numerical pad of your keyboard, to change the view to isometric to visualize the 3D solids better. Open FreeCAD, create a new empty document with File → New, and switch to the Part Workbench.ġ.1. More information about the tools of this workbench can be found inġ. The Sketcher Workbench is used briefly to draw an auxiliary line. Go to the end of this tutorial for more information. To use ShapeStrings inside the PartDesign Workbench, the process is essentially the same as with the Part Workbench, but the ShapeString is placed inside the PartDesign Body to extrude it. engrave the text by applying a boolean Part Cut.position it in 3D space using placement, and Draft Move (it uses a sketch as auxiliary geometry), and.extrude it to be a 3D solid with Part Extrude,.insert outlined text with the Draft ShapeString tool,.
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This tutorial describes a method to create 3D text and use it with solid objects in the Part Workbench.
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This tutorial was originally written by Roland Frank (†2017, r-frank), and it was rewritten and re-illustrated by vocx.