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

[@realgoose]

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]

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

[@mumiemonstret]

Yeah, I used it several times since I saw that tutorial on KZbin 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]

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]

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

[@GearDownForWhat]

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

[@MakersMuse]

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

[@KieranShort]

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

[@pararera6394]

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

[@3DPrintingNerd]

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!

[@vbence12]

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

[@varukasalt]

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

[@theodorsjostedt]

Text on path is in the 2020 roadmap

[@spencer5028]

Blender

[@jackwhitman9278]

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!

[@pebble24]

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.

[@FusionSource]

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

[@Henchman1977]

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.

[@taliamon]

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.

[@andrewwelsh9192]

You are definitely !!!! the easy-st person to watch on KZbin 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.

[@mikemike7001]

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.

[@painttime]

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

[@MakersMuse]

Thanks! Hope it helped.

[@petleh82]

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]

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

[@everythingdigital1]

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.

[@zecuse]

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.

[@spikekent]

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.

[@punishedprops]

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

[@derektata]

The Fusion gods have blessed us with another great tool 🙏

[@sugatooth]

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

[@sugatooth]

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

[@gregorychard]

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

[@fkncobra]

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.

[@pippanappleton2421]

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

[@tinkertailor5191]

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

[@klschofield71]

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]

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

[@brokenboat9655]

Exciting! Can't wait to start using it.

[@stevenirish6160]

It is exciting 😀

[@dansimpson6844]

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

[@Imercor1]

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.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

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.

[@Creative_Electronics]

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

[@RCwithAdam1]

Yay! CAD for noobies is back! 🤗

[@Audio_Simon]

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

[@BlazeOGlory]

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

[@LoveMakeShareTV]

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!

[@malcolmraggett]

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]

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

[@johanneslusk917]

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

[@meikatompai498]

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

[@AmusementLabs]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@RamjetX]

You can extrude 'from' the object which keeps the depth equal on the curve. It's the distortion that was the problem

[@carllogan4881]

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.

[@archangeloliver]

ABOUT DAMN TIME. I am so tired of sheet metal nonsense on what should be a 1-step process.

[@oljobo]

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]

Neat idea!

[@integza]

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

[@carrotylemons1190]

Hi!

[@EricTViking]

This is a very welcome feature 👍

[@Duraltia]

@09:20 Haven't tried it myself yet but I can already see how you COULD do it with a little extra work on your part by using a compatible placeholder shape to get an almost distortion free base and then using it in another step to boolean the curved shape.

[@yoyomaker_3dprint]

I solved my tasks.Thank you so much!!

[@santiagoblandon3022]

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

[@pingu99991]

So to emboss on the ring I'd create a cylinder the same diameter as the smallest diameter of the ring and set the depth so it extrudes past the ring, then create another sketch based on the one the ring is based on but with the outside curve offset however deep you want the embossed text, create a new object from that new sketch and use the combine/cut/intersect tools to trim the embossed text so it conforms to the curve. Not sure if that makes sense but I think it should work if you can decipher my description.

[@JonathanBirch7]

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

[@NicholasMavrikBrandt]

Every time I see another fusion tutorial on a 3D printing enthusiasts KZbin, it makes me cry a little, not in a joyful way, but in that kinda sad way, there are like 3d printers opensoruce CAD software programs, that could really use this kind of content, my favorite is free cad, there's tons of off shoots of the main freecad, adding serious versatility, the best part is everything you make in it, is yours, its not stored in a cloud, needs 10 min to be exported, or has some restrictions to it. Honestly, like we support the printers being opensoruced, and the slicer software, lets show some love to the other parts than can be opensourced. May it bring us as much joy in tinkering as our prints do (and frustration).

[@MrQuickLine]

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.

[@jeffvader811]

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

[@dapperprops]

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

[@Steve2Q]

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?

[@brianpark3112]

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?

[@princesspapi9000]

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

[@peterleblanc661]

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.

[@xvok2]

Wow finallyyy i didnt know they added that

[@beedee95]

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 :)

[@ArdjanVideo]

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]

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

[@billbucket]

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

[@Arek_R.]

3hr too late...

[@johnbickford9221]

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

[@johnbickford9221]

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

[@MrKelaher]

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

[@homiethefish]

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

[@aytunch]

I hope they support curved surfaces in the close future. Please inform us then too:)

[@MakersMuse]

For now the extrude offset is a good work around, unless you need fully wrapped details

[@LucasHartmann]

For the ring-like thing. Can't you project the text on the inside cylindrical surface, then extrude outwards to the compound-curved surface?

[@danielesantoru2591]

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!

[@martynjohns834]

For anyone here 3 years after the video was posted, you can now emboss on the curve :)

[@BlaiseBarrette]

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]

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

[@TodayIMade]

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.

[@kavoovak6646]

Yes a fusion video!!

[@jasonarh]

Been needing this feature for a long time. Now if only there was a way to create bodies from the emboss so I can print the text in a different color.

[@christophermaschek]

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

[@hpekristiansen]

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.

[@dingsens2810]

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

[@sledgeHammerRulez]

cold workshop? It is 35°C in Belgium right now ... I Will wait 6 months to test it :). TX for the emboss tool explanation.

[@akust]

I directly started Fusion and tried but.. no luck. So I looked you full movie but you don't give any hint about which version this works from and how to get it... nothing. Then I looked in my Autodesk account for Fusion Update - nope. ?? Your video is like a dream...

[@AdnanASyukri]

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

[@jamesmckeand3505]

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).

[@albertroswell]

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

[@frogmandave1]

The surface you refer to is called a 'ruled' surface. Basically you can lay a ruler on the surface and it is flat like you say. That term has been around for many years since 3d modeling came into being.

[@jaykay4845]

Good video, Fusion has slowly listened.

[@PaperHunter]

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.

[@null_point]

i found a way to emboss onto a curved face like at 8:34 but its a bit finicky. you gotta emboss it by just a little bit onto a cylinder of the same diameter of the widest part of your curve, use a sketch to square off all the faces of the letters/shapes, and extrude them individually to your curved face.

[@make.anything]

WOOHOO!!!

[@DanoB71]

this is exactly what I needed for a project, watched half way and tried it on a sphere, after much swearing I watched the rest of your vid where you explained its not possible on a sphere..........

[@DanoB71]

great vid as always

[@JulianMakes]

just tried this! thanks angus! however there is NO drafting capability for the embossing or debossing of the letters - i'm very disapointed! as a casting channel i'd love to make easy sand casting moulds but yet again fusion makes that final step of drafting angles SUPER painful! great video o/

[@alexandrugroza839]

I also had extrusion problems with text with some fonts but the explode feature in sketch mode resolved it

[@Veptis]

I used to export and use tinkercad to add curves text. Sadly my 3D printer is not operational, but I love making prints a little special by adding text. It seems to work o concave surfaces too, but what about flat curves horizontally?

[@Infaxis]

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

[@_Piers_]

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 :)

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

I can think of a few tricks to try for the outer bowl surface. It would involve overlapping bodies and offset surfaces to use their surfaces as cutting planes and "flat" emboss surfaces. Hard to explain well in a comment though.

[@JayJay-Nifty]

Did you need to add supports for the Embossed letters? I saw you had 2mm, which would make 2mm overhangs with 90 degree angle. Or am I missing something?

[@MatthewBowe]

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

[@LordGarth6]

Why for the compound curves like the arced ring. Do a cylinder and emboss the text on that but make it come out a good amount. Sweep the arc profile and cover up the cylinder and the do the same with an offest arc or cylinder depending on effect and sweep cut the text down to the right dimensions

[@LordGarth6]

Not sure how distorted that could be though

[@D3nn1s]

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.

[@MrDexter9i3]

Mannn, on that curved ring, you can maybe use the inside cilinder, deboss it till it comes out and then make an offset tool to revolute and cut the letters with that offset arc

[@Vector3DP]

With the double-curved surfaces that don't work did you find a workaround? seems like you might be able to do the feature on the a flat-curved surface with, over extrude the emboss feature, then cut the outside off with an offset from the double curved surface. Wow, thats hard to explain with text...

[@ChannelHTS]

thank you autodesk. so good. cheers Angus

[@flumpet38]

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

[@johnwjensen]

It's about frigin' time! Wooo!

[@christiandorner]

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?

[@MalvixStudio]

Great addition to fusion! Anyone know how to automatically turn the debossed/embossed part into a new body? For example, to colour it in a different colour while rendering, etc.

[@FSpike1]

Michael Zhang I’ve got the same question

[@samslocos3478]

This will be so helpful for textile projects!