{"id":36324,"date":"2017-11-28T08:54:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T13:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=36324"},"modified":"2017-12-05T10:56:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:56:17","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-44-make-personal-text-wrapping-fusion-360-sheet-metal-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/tutorial-tuesday-44-make-personal-text-wrapping-fusion-360-sheet-metal-tools","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday 44: Make It Personal With Text Wrapping in Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to design a personalized 3D printed ring for a loved one, but not sure where to start? One way is by using one of the Shapeways Creator Apps to create a ring design\u00a0from a drawing<\/a>, based on a woven pattern<\/a>, or using an encoded cipher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you want to design a custom ring from scratch, you could make something simple in Tinkercad<\/a>, which is a free in-browser modeling program that is very easy to learn and use. To make a more professional-looking ring and have more design options, try\u00a0the (free to hobbyists) 3D design software Fusion 360<\/a>. With Fusion 360 you can make a wide variety of ring shapes, and even sweep decorations or engrave text into the ring surface.<\/p>\n

But… sometimes the easiest things can be so difficult. Wrapping text around a cylinder, which is exactly what you’d want to do when making a text-engraved ring, is one of those things! Depending on what design program you use, this simple task can seem impossible. Even in simple programs like Tinkercad, wrapping text is a challenge, and options are limited: you can use a straight extrusion if your text is short<\/a>, or use a special Shape Script tool<\/a> if you are willing to restrict to a default font. In more sophisticated professional design software, sometimes wrapping text or any other texture around a cylinder results in something that looks nice on the screen but does not actually change the shape of your 3D model in a way that can be printed. Today on Tutorial Tuesday we’ll focus on one surprisingly elegant text-wrapping technique for Fusion 360 that two of my students shared with me this semester (thanks, Sophie and Joe!).<\/p>\n

Wrapping Text with Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Tools<\/h3>\n

What my students found was the excellent YouTube video\u00a0Wrap Text Around a Cylinder in Fusion 360<\/a>\u00a0by Vladimir from\u00a0DesktopMakes<\/a>. Take a few minutes to watch this fantastic design walkthough and its clever use of the Fusion 360 Sheet Metal tools!<\/p>\n