Take a look at this tip!

Text On A Cylinder .
I suggest you make a surface offset from the OD of the cylinder the height you want the text. "Free login required"

#: 874, Author:, Source:Solid Digital Digest (Gurijala: This is for SolidWorks), Submitted by: eDocHelp, Date: 2005-02-20

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