Nosecone (page 4) | Onshape CAD Tutorial | Stage One Education

Add your name the nosecone

in which we add text

32. Start the sketch to add your name to the nosecone

Start a new sketch
Select the front plane
Right click and select View normal to sketch plane to line up your view

33. Add your name

Select the "Text" tool
Draw a box near the nosecone and type your name with Enter after each letter

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Select the Roboto Slab font
Press the green check

34. Constrain your name

Select the "Coincident" tool
Select the point that is the center of the top line above the first letter
Select the line running down the center of the rocket

You should see the letters jump to the center

35. Dimension your name

Press Esc to deselect the coincident tool
Drag the dashed line around the letters so that the top is below the top of the rocket
Select the "Dimension" tool
Select the top of the box around the first letter
Select the top of the rocket
Set the dimension to 0.25

36. Dimension your name (2)

Select the "Dimension" tool
Select the side of the box around the first letter
Set the dimension to whatever makes all the letters fit on the rocket. It's probably around 0.25

Make sure the letters don't go below the notch into the smaller diameter section

Press the green check to finish the sketch

37. Extrude your name (1)

Select the "Extrude" tool
Select Sketch 5
Change Blind to Up to face
Click on the box for Up to face (to select it if not already selected)
Click on the outer surface of the rocket

Don't press the check yet, we have more options to set below

38. Extrude your name (2)

Still in the extrude menu, set the Offset distance to 0.02
Press the "Opposite direction" button next to Offset distance

You should now see your name on the nosecone

Press the green check

39. Remove the name extrude from the inside

Select the "Extrude" tool
Select Sketch 5 (again)
Change Blind to Up to face
Click on the box for Up to face (to select it if not already selected)
Click on the inside surface of the nosecone
Select Remove

You'll see the inside of the nsoecone empty of your name

Press the green check

You finished the nosecone!

It's now time to put together the assembly