Wrap Text in Fusion 360 using Emboss (FINALLY!!!)

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The new emboss tool in Fusion 360 makes wrapping text and sketch geometry in 3D easy - give it a try!
In this video I'll show you how I used it to quickly make a custom lens cover for my streaming camera, as well as some alternative methods you can try if the emboss tool doesn't achieve what you're looking for.
This video is part of the CAD for Newbies tutorial series - • CAD For Newbies
Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Extrude Example 1:11
Split Face and Offset Example 3:01
Emboss Example 3:55
Emboss on a Cone 4:48
Fully Wrap an Object 6:15
Emboss Limitations 8:02
Lens Cover Example 9:52
Conclusion 12:00
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@realgoose 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Fusion 360 tip! I’ve used “Sheet Metal” on a curved line, unfolded the “metal”, added text, and then refolded. That seems to remain undistorted as well. But this is way easier! Thank you!

@hanswurstusbrachialus5213 4 жыл бұрын

as most.. but it was stupid considering how ez this could be done otherwise.. Finally they got it done..

@mumiemonstret 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I used it several times since I saw that tutorial on KZfaq and though it is quite tedious the result is perfect, way better than the "workarounds" that Angus mentioned. Wonder if he didn't know about it.

@markjacksonpulver3546 4 жыл бұрын

This is a method I used once in the past after find a youtube tutorial, but had complete forgotten how to do it. This is much simpler. Can you unfold a sphere? to do the other cases..

@mumiemonstret 4 жыл бұрын

@@markjacksonpulver3546 No, sheet metal can only be folded in one direction at a time I think. So it would have the same limitations.

@3DPrintingNerd 4 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC video on this, Angus! I recorded one on Emboss last week and have it set to release tomorrow. That said, your video is amazing and I went back and filmed an extra bit for my video to make sure to tell people about yours. Thank you for this!

@GearDownForWhat 4 жыл бұрын

Omg I have been waiting for this function. Soo dumb that it wasn’t added earlier.

@MakersMuse 4 жыл бұрын

Hah i reckon... was one of the biggest pain points coming from SW.

@KieranShort 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man! Any new videos coming? I loved your gear videos.

@pararera6394 4 жыл бұрын

@@MakersMuse from sw for 3D. 2D part misses a lot of features

@vbence12 4 жыл бұрын

Freaking finally. Now if only they implemented texts along a path.

@varukasalt 4 жыл бұрын

They're working on it and better text placement as well.

@theodorsjostedt 4 жыл бұрын

Text on path is in the 2020 roadmap

@spencer5028 4 жыл бұрын

Blender

@jackwhitman9278 4 жыл бұрын

This will legitimately change how I design objects, thanks for making a video on it! I don't think I even would have found it without this video!

@FusionSource 4 жыл бұрын

Oooo, Great video Angus, love the embossed text. Looks awesome. Already have a print idea for this, thanks for sharing.

@pebble24 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos have taught me so much, first I got an Anycubic Kossel Plus and started selling prints... Now I've just gotten and Ender 3 Pro and I love it. Thank you so much for inspiring me to get into print-on-demand and 3D printing in general.

@andrewwelsh9192 4 жыл бұрын

You are definitely !!!! the easy-st person to watch on KZfaq when it comes to tech tuition. You always get the info across with clarity. Many thanks for your vids and will continue to watch MM. And yes i agree Emboss is great.

@punishedprops 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial Angus! This is a feature I've been wanting for a long time. It's going to be SUPER USEFUL! =D

@spikekent 4 жыл бұрын

I love the new Emboss tool, been messing with it ever since it landed. I understand they are working on other stuff, including text along a path. Very exciting.

@mikemike7001 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Angus. Just tried Emboss. It works it at any angle. You can emboss text along the length of a pipe. You can even make text spiral. Yes, it's long overdue, but it's been a long time since any feature added to any software has got me so excited.

@LoveMakeShareTV 4 жыл бұрын

This is really exciting! It's going to make some projects much more doable for me. Being able to wrap, say, an SVG pattern around a curved object opens up some cool possibilities. Appreciate the video!

@Henchman1977 4 жыл бұрын

Finally. This was so frustrating when I first learned 360. It didn't occur to me at first that it couldn't handle text embossing.

@Audio_Simon 4 жыл бұрын

Oh finally! Thanks for bringing this to my attention :D

@santiagoblandon3022 4 жыл бұрын

yeaahh! i'm super excited about this! i'll finally be able to make proper curved airplane ribs like the ones from 3dlabprint =D

@meikatompai498 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video mate! Straight to the point in all things necessary. Thank you!!

@dansimpson6844 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought a CraftBot Flow Idex. I absolutely love it. I can't wait to see your review.

@tinkertailor5191 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid! You display the feature well. I'm now waiting for Fusion to allow for emboss/deboss on surfaces that are curved in two directions

@painttime 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is my fourth tutorial video I've watched on this and yours is the best!!

@MakersMuse 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope it helped.

@Imercor1 4 жыл бұрын

I have found that you can use the "rotation angle" of X degrees in the emboss tool to wrap the text around the object multiple times just as long as you don't intersect with the text. So the text is in a corkscrew readable text. Start at the top of the object and read the text as you rotate the object around. You do have to play with the degree of the angle to get it right, but it is not difficult. Works pretty good.

@pippanappleton2421 4 жыл бұрын

Oh AT LAST! Thank you for doing the video because otherwise I wouldn't have come across this for months!

@Creative_Electronics 4 жыл бұрын

The emboss feature is indeed a really good thing in 3D Modeling software!👍 Good video 👍

@johanneslusk917 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought a 3d printer! cant wait to start printing and looking at some more of your tutorials

@Infaxis 4 жыл бұрын

So epic! I’ve already taken advantage of it by a ton and it’s so useful!!

@jeffvader811 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! This will be so useful for so many projects.

@brokenboat9655 4 жыл бұрын

Exciting! Can't wait to start using it.

@stevenirish6160 4 жыл бұрын

It is exciting 😀

@JonathanBirch7 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. Did it to your tutorial. Keep on living your dreams.

@dapperprops 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial and info dump. So glad to see this is available. Going to make projects a lot easier (looking at you maker coins).

@fkncobra 2 жыл бұрын

I was new to fusion 360 and I literally just hours ago using the metal sheet flange function to wrap text on a cylindrical face (works by unfolding the metal sheet into flat surface to place your text onto, refolding it once done) following a youtube tutorial. Would definitely trying out the emboss method the next time.

@MrKelaher 4 жыл бұрын

Really glad I only just started using this tool :) That would have driven me nuts !

@sugatooth 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is far and away the feature I've wanted from fusion most! Finally!

@sugatooth 4 жыл бұрын

Well, getting later into the video and it's still not all the way there, is it

@noteprinter2224 4 жыл бұрын

Super useful tutorial as always!

@AdnanASyukri 3 жыл бұрын

This is what i need! Thank you Angus! You're my inspiration!

@everythingdigital1 4 жыл бұрын

I just been using the default windows 3d builder when I needed to emboss text does it at nice angles just make a model throw it in hit emboss choose a font and emboss or tweak the settings. For a free tool that comes with windows it does it pretty good but it nice to see fusion 360 has emboss text now.

@k.w.fisher3593 2 жыл бұрын

Great work as always. Thanks and keep up the great work.

@princesspapi9000 3 жыл бұрын

This just saved me so much headache, ty as always for the great content :)

@peterleblanc661 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. Didn't notice they added that. Thanks for the video! Something you might find useful:try using a cylinder as your axis for revolve tool.

@yoyomaker_3dprint 3 жыл бұрын

I solved my tasks.Thank you so much!!

@RCwithAdam1 4 жыл бұрын

Yay! CAD for noobies is back! 🤗

@petleh82 4 жыл бұрын

Workaround, make cylinder inside a sphere/torus/etc and emboss on that and combine it with the first part, and if you want the text to "curve" with the surface then make a slightly bigger spare/part and intersect that with the original part that has the text sticking out, now the text would have the same curve....

@Qwarzz 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was expecting Angus to do when he showed that part.

@derektata 4 жыл бұрын

The Fusion gods have blessed us with another great tool 🙏

@malcolmraggett 4 жыл бұрын

Another good video Angus, thanks. I've been playing with the Emboss tool to create knurls (another basic tool sadly lacking from Fusion 360). The old approach of creating a small detail and patterning it hundreds of times is too computationally intensive for such a small detail. I hoped that the Emboss tool would mean a shorter coffee break while it recomputed after an edit, but nope, still a long delay. I did discover that a really long string of text could be spiralled up a cylinder for many rotations by giving Emboss a small angle. Try it with a string of diamond characters (use any Unicode font in Character Map -> Search "diamond"). It's an easy way to create a sort-of-knurled surface.

@jalensailin 3 жыл бұрын

lars christensen has a video on a workaround for knurled surfaces that might be helpful to you. I believe it's a livestream and he uses CAM techniques to produce the knurled surface which was relatively computationally-light compared to the pattern method

@SwissplWatches 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thank you

@haneen3731 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial!

@samslocos3478 4 жыл бұрын

This will be so helpful for textile projects!

@beedee95 4 жыл бұрын

On the curved surface (like that ring) you could emboss/deboss on the flat inside with enough offset so that it protrudes on the outside. You would get letters that are "higher" towards the edge. Then offset the outside arc of the ring and make a new revolve that cuts off the letters to conform to the ring. It would be fine with no distortion :)

@EricTViking 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very welcome feature 👍

@MMuraseofSandvich 4 жыл бұрын

I tried my hand at a pencil cup (well, usb cable cup now) with a hexagonal pattern punched out. I ended up using the sheet metal workflow in order to do it (unroll, punch out, roll back up). This is one of those "why is this not a thing?" features for the longest time, so this will be nice. Shame that it won't work on a spherical surface, but I can live with just cylinder and cone.

@doondedulin44 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up.

@trisha3178 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for the excellent tutorial!

@jarrodcilia 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid Angus, I've been waiting for this tool in Fusion for years. Text in Fusion does still suck though. Whenever I need text/logo elements, I always do them in Illustrator first and then export/import a DXF or SVG into Fusion.

@k2OS 4 жыл бұрын

YES YES YESSSSSS! (havent even seen the video yet, but I've been missing this feature since.. forever :D

@johnwjensen 4 жыл бұрын

It's about frigin' time! Wooo!

@flumpet38 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. Oh, this will make things so much easier

@Flapdr01 4 жыл бұрын

Thx for the heads up.

@homiethefish 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding another tool to my fusion 360 tool box.

@D3nn1s 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks! Just what i was looking for :) actually for a simple, consistent shape like the ring you showed it would be really easy to get it working as well. just emboss on the inner flat surface, move the letters outwards until they stick out (or create a new surface to do that) and then offset the originals ring surface and cut off the letters. at least in theory this should work, maybe someone whos looking for this can test it out.

@dingsens2810 3 жыл бұрын

I always used the sheet metal tool to put features on bent objects (with the fold unfold function) I will have a look into that new feature

@xvok2 3 жыл бұрын

Wow finallyyy i didnt know they added that

@BlazeOGlory 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. It looks like the Crafton tech is like Octopi but without the extra steps. That could come in handy

@kavoovak6646 4 жыл бұрын

Yes a fusion video!!

@stevenirish6160 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid

@taliamon 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Angus, Fusion 360 just released text on curve/circle/spline (two days ago from this post), definitely related to this. Looks like you have a new video to make. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to cry in my beer as all the workaround parts I've designed have to be updated.

@zecuse Жыл бұрын

Embossing on an arced or other complex surface is possible. The more complex the surface, the more work it will take. Basically, use a dummy (tool) flat/cylinder surface to encapsulate the arced one, emboss onto that, cut away the tool surface, offset the base of the remaining emboss into the arced surface, finally use an offset from arced surface and keep the intersect. If you want to deboss instead, just use an intersect when you offset the base of the remaining emboss.

@hex1101 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks

@jackwhitman9278 4 жыл бұрын

Exciting!

@carllogan4881 4 жыл бұрын

You can work around to emboss on a surface that is a revolved curve, but it's a 3 stage process. First emboss on a revolved flat but make the embossing deeper than you need. Then revolve the curve you wanted around and join it. Then offset that curve and revolve it to remove the top of the embossed text. A bit of a work around but the results look good.

@MrQuickLine 4 жыл бұрын

Since that circular pattern doesn't seem to mind overlapping, you could pretty easily do a knurling pattern around an object. Make a V that stretches from the top to the bottom, emboss that, and then do the circular pattern with that embossed V. Put your number super-high, and they'll end up getting really close to each other, giving you a knurling pattern.

@MatthewBowe 4 жыл бұрын

I had so many hacks and workarounds for this. YAAAAAAAY!

@ChannelHTS 4 жыл бұрын

thank you autodesk. so good. cheers Angus

@Nor1MAL 4 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly sure that what you call cold, is warm to me! :)

@gregorychard 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Angus Emboss tool doesn't work on a curved surface made from a curved drawing, BUT if you get a flat drawing like the broach and do a fillet on the flat surface to make it dome like, you can then emboss it. I just learnt it today. Havagooday Greg

@DIYGarage_SoCal 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Angus! The emboss tool would have made my last project way easier. I had to use several tangwnt planes to get text to emboss around a cylinder. 🙄

@brianpark3112 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I was wondering if there is any way to do the emboss on existing STL imports. If emboss isn't an option, is there a work around?

@SlowCuberThirstix 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I've been in need of that feature for a while now, but it is not nice in FreeCAD. Was considering to switch to fusion for a while and now I have a reason to do that :)

@make.anything 4 жыл бұрын

WOOHOO!!!

@AmusementLabs 4 жыл бұрын

Whole Fusion has so many great features some of the VERY simple things like moving a sketch seems to be such a convoluted process compared to 123D.

@hpekristiansen 4 жыл бұрын

I do not know 123D. What do you mean by moving a sketch? In the browser? In the timeline? Define new plane? All of these are super easy in Fusion.

@AmusementLabs 4 жыл бұрын

@@hpekristiansen 123D was an older early cad software by Autodesk. They discontinued it cause money/it gave too much away for free. As for what I mean I mean literally moving the sketch over say 50mm to the right.

@jaykay4845 4 жыл бұрын

Good video, Fusion has slowly listened.

@jamesmckeand3505 4 жыл бұрын

On the circular pattern you don't have to select the axis, you can select a round surface (like the outer surface of the cylinder) or a round edge (like the upper edge of the cylinder).

@christiandorner 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great Video! is it possible to add a texture picture with emboss tool to project it to a surface in form of light and dark for more and less deeper structures?

@TodayIMade 4 жыл бұрын

I'm used to doing this with an Extrude from the center of the object, with the Start "from object" option which works on spheres and all sorts. Some fonts do still fail, it is a feature I am told by Autodesk people... But yes, it still does cause some distortions compared to this new and quick method, and trying to go 360 would probably destroy reality.

@klschofield71 4 жыл бұрын

Angus, couldn't agree with you more about the addition of the Emboss Tool. I came from Inventor and the "Emboss Tool" was sorely missed after moving to Fusion. Typically, the error you mention at 2:38, about the profiles failing, are most likely related to the chosen font. If you go into your sketch, right click on the text, and "Explode Text" you will most likely be able to find the culprit which caused the failed profile error. I find that it's most often where the profile of the text doubles back on itself, loops around itself, or appears "funky" in some form or another. If you don't plan on having to move your text again, you could trim up the "funky" bits and voila...the extrude can now be calculated.

@MakersMuse 4 жыл бұрын

Good call, more exotic text usually fails completely... I hope their revamp fixes a lot of the issues.

@dipt_tpid 4 жыл бұрын

Finally indeed!

@PaperHunter 4 жыл бұрын

You could create a cylinder slightly larger than your curved ring, emboss that and then use it as a cutter to cut the outside of the curve. There seem to be plenty of ways of using this feature to create tools to affect objects.

@danielconway7190 4 жыл бұрын

Ooooooh, hell yeah!

@_Piers_ 4 жыл бұрын

I definitely should be using Fusion, but I still just can't get used to the workflow. So for anything complex I use Rhino. I've recently designed a guidescope* and as a cosmetic touch wrapped the whole thing in a debossed hexagon pattern. It takes forever to print due to the increased surface area, but it looks very nice👌 At least on this occasion, I was doing something that wouldn't have been easy in Fusion :) *A smaller camera equipped telescope, that sits on your larger 'scope, to make sure it's being kept exactly on target. Very useful in the long exposure photographs needed to capture the dim light from distant galaxies and nebula :)

@oljobo 4 жыл бұрын

I see a painting roll ‼️. make a roll from from semiflex material..with an axel in center. Another roll adds paint continously..... an then you can roll your favourite WORDS all over the place 😁. (Of course letters must be mirrored then)

@MakersMuse 4 жыл бұрын

Neat idea!

@Steve2Q 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Angus! I have not, however figured out how to emboss onto the surface of a solid cylinder (or other solid rotated form). Amy ideas?

@albertroswell 4 жыл бұрын

at 9:21 you can emboss from the inner ring which is flat, and then extrude to outside until it is visible from the curved surface, it will not be disorted, so most of the emboss will be hidden (joined) in the inner solid of the ring

@integza 4 жыл бұрын

If I ever have a child, he shall be named Amp Etex !

@carrotylemons1190 4 жыл бұрын

Hi!

@emperorfaiz 4 жыл бұрын

Fucking finally! I've been waiting for this. I was forced to use Blender just to add wrap text after finishing the model.

@danielesantoru2591 4 жыл бұрын

You could use the emboss tool to make text go all around that curved surface ring, you'd have to actually first make the ring's surface flat, emboss text on it making it pretty "long", extrude and join the curved surface over the flat one, and cut away from the embossed text an offset body with the same curvature as the the ring's surface!

@christophermaschek 4 жыл бұрын

Could you deemboss, on the inside cylinder and push out through the curved face?

@hpekristiansen 4 жыл бұрын

No. You can not cut something that is not there. You could cut into an other temporary body and then do some boolean operations to get the result. The result would not be perfect as the created emboss would not follow the curve to have uniform distance.

@ClayBoxSupplies 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you. Do you have any tips for printing the 2mm embossed feature?

@MakersMuse 4 жыл бұрын

for printing I'd keep it closer to 1mm to avoid sagging :)

@ArdjanVideo 4 жыл бұрын

About the ring with the arced surface: what if you punch your text from the back throughout the ring, and then close that surface again? You'll get an debossed text with different depth from the outside surface, but it would still work, correct?

@MakersMuse 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a workaround that'd be fairly close.

@billbucket 4 жыл бұрын

@@MakersMuse You could then split the the text with an offset arc surface and end up with a pretty spot on workaround.

@Arek_R. 4 жыл бұрын

3hr too late...

@johnbickford9221 4 жыл бұрын

I was going to also make a comment like this. Now to figure out how to emboss with this.

@johnbickford9221 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnOliviaShapedGremlin I tried that but it only subtracts out of the larger cylinder not the inner.

@paulswan9516 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, i have been playing with this for a week or so now and its awesome, there is only one thing i cant work out and wondered if you can help. I have a cylinder which I can deboss some text and 3d print without a problem, but i want to be able to print the debossed letters in a different coloured filament and glue them into the printed cylinder. oh for a dual extruder rig but finances wont allow. Any ideas?

@H0bbit1983 4 жыл бұрын

Hey @Maker's Muse, in the limitations example, is it possible to do a temporary cylindrical shell around the ring, then do the emboss with the text on it to get the text in a round shape and then use the other methods on the faces of the new embossed text to get the text around the ring?

@AlexJoneses 4 жыл бұрын

I'm down for the cad tutorials, but I'd like to see you try using onshape. Fusion is good but if you ask me onshape is more fun, and alot easier to do assemblies

@BlaiseBarrette 4 жыл бұрын

I see you close the z axis of the origin for your circular pattern. While this it totally fine, did you know you can also use any of the circular hedge or face on your object as an axis? Great video! That last Fusion update rocks!

@MakersMuse 4 жыл бұрын

I often forget lol, so used to finding an axis that I'll often define one from a circular edge to use. Good reminder!