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Tutorial - Wrap feature in Solidworks?

By Sudhir Gill on 02 Feb 17:56 1 answer 1581 views 3 comments

Wrap feature in Solidworks.

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Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago
Here is the Tutorial.
1. Step 1
  
  Start Solidworks.
2. Step 2
  
  Sketch>>Right Plane.
3. Step 3
  
  Make a circle let dia be 100mm.
4. Step 4
  
  Extrude it by 200mm.
5. Step 5
  
  Sketch>>Top Plane.
6. Step 6
  
  Choose Normal to view or press ctrl+8.
7. Step 7
  
  Make a centre line that passes through the axis and coincident with the centres of both the circular faces.
8. Step 8
  
  Choose Text in Sketch tab.
9. Step 9
  
  Choose the centre line as the curve.
10. Step 10
  
  Type in the text. For example GrabCAD.com.
11. Step 11
  
  Adjust the alignment (center) and the size of the text (let be 48mm).
12. Step 12
  
  Click OK and exit the sketch.
13. Step 13
  
  Choose Wrap in the features tab.
14. Step 14
  
  Select sketch2.
15. Step 15
  
  The wrap feature property manager will show.
16. Step 16
  
  Choose the cylinderical face.
17. Step 17
  
  Change the emboss height to 10mm.
18. Step 18
  
  Click OK. The Embossed text appears.
19. Step 19
  
  Click Wrap1 and choose edit feature.
20. Step 20
  
  Change wrap type to Deboss.
21. Step 21
  
  Click OK and you can see that this time the text is dugged into the cylinder.
22. Step 22
  
  Again edit the feature and this time choose Scribe.
23. Step 23
  
  Click OK and you can see the scribed sketch on the cylinderical face.
1. Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago
  
  i can't understand what you mean??
2. Aaron over 1 year ago
  
  Nice tutorial. What is your preferred method of wrapping a 2 axis curve or sphere?
3. Philip Allred 8 months ago
  
  What about a lofted surface?

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