CATIA V5 Tutorial: How to Create 3D Text and Logos in a Part

Module: Part Design

At times you need to create text like Manufacturer logo, description text, etc in a Part. It’s a painful task to create sketch based of letters and then pad them to get the 3D text. In this article we will show you quick and easy way of creating text in Part Design without using any macros.

1. Create a Drawing (*.CATDrawing)
2. Use the Text command in Annotations toolbar to create a text of desired font and size.

3.  Save the Drawing file in DXF format by using Save As.

4. Now open the Part (*.CATPart) in which you want to put the text.
5. Create a Sketch on a Plane where you want the text positioned.
6. Open the saved DXF (from Step 3) in same session of CATIA V5 and copy the text from it.
7. Go to the Part and Paste the copied text in the Sketch.

8. You are done. Pad it to desired length using PAD command. Check out our sample of created 3D text in below image.

Enjoy!