Text embosses and decal features

Include text on a part face.

To improve visibility, you can change the appearance of a part face.

You can create finishes to represent the array of manufacturing requirements, whether part finishes are applied during or after manufacture.

In the part environment, elements used in emboss and decal features are added to a sketch.

Types of text emboss and decal features

Most embossed or engraved features and decals include text to represent logos, symbols, instructions, and so on.

Use the Text command to create text used in an embossed (or engraved) feature. You select the text as a profile, and then extrude or cut it on the model. To change it, you edit the sketch, and then edit the text.

Unlike the Emboss command, text used in decals is an image. The image originates as an image file, .doc, or .xls, and you add it in a part sketch. It is required that you manipulate the text size and content in the software where it was created. You can modify the image size in the sketch, but its aspect ratio remains unchanged.

Types of surface treatment

In manufacturing, certain areas of faces are textured, color-filled, or physically deformed. The areas are defined by projecting or wrapping 2D geometry onto faces. In a part, elements to use in decals and emboss features are laid out in a sketch.

Use the following commands to specify the required finishes:

Emboss

• Uses a profile (sketch geometry or sketch text) on a part face to raise (emboss) or lower (engrave) a design.
• Can provide a surface for a decal or painting.
• Can provide clearance for another component in an assembly.

Decal

• Uses a .bmp, .doc, or .xls image.
• Is created in its own part file so it can span part seams and gaps between components in assemblies.
• Is created in its own part file so it can span part seams.
• Apply across holes, slots, dimples, bumps, and so on.
• Uses assembly constraints for positioning.
• Has a part number and is a stock component.

Surface texture finish

Sometimes represented:

• By surface textures applied as an appearance in a part.
• As an in-process or multiprocess feature (such as surface preparation for weldments)
• As an in-process or multiprocess feature.
• As a cosmetic bead in a weldment.

Paint or silk screen

Sometimes represented as:

• An appearance in a part or assembly.
• A face color to define an area for special treatment, such as no paint, or to indicate a component mounting.
• A texture applied to a face.