Emboss logo over a curved shape

Box

It sounds like you could well do with some simplification and cleanup of the logo itself as well.
If it's so tiny it doesn't need to have finely segmented curves. Reducing the complexity of the curves and welding lines together could help along with Tig's advice. 8455 entities is excessive for something like that.

Buckyman

Thanks everyone.
I tried SuperDrape, but when I try to select the first group (the logo), SuperDrape will not select it. Maybe it thinks the log is an invalid entity.
BTW I scaled the model 1000x to make life easier

Box

Attach your model.

Buckyman

Thanks for the offer! File attached.
BTW, I completely redrew the logo so it very friendly. However I am now getting bug splat whether I use regular drape or super drape.

stl_export_7902_fillets.skp

Box

There is something screwed up with your file.

I took the logo and the face you want to put it on and pasted them into another file.
I exploded, cleaned up and regrouped the logo and resized everything to something realistic.

Super drape and JPP worked fine. I have attached it for you as a finished solid. You can always use the tape tool to size it exactly to fit. But you'd be better off making or fixing your own.

I can't tell what version of SU you are using so I saved it as SU7. Please fill in your profile.

Super Drape solid.skp

cotty

Another possibility only with JPP and intersection...
(scaled up before screencast 100x)

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Buckyman

Wow, Box & Cotty, super helpful. Thanks very much!

Box

Now if we'd know you had SU2013 Pro we could have suggested using Solid tools.

Buckyman

Hi Box, I did update my profile as you suggested
I can see how Solid Tools could be used, but extruding (embossing) the logo on the curved shape would not have been possible without JPP I think.

Cotty, at the beginning of your video, I am not sure you are doing with the lines on the casting, how are you making them disappear? Thanks

Box

If you extrude the logo and make it a solid you can then place it in the surface of the other solid and use subtract. But yes, getting the depth right would be troublesome because of the curve.

The lines can be smoothed just using the Eraser while holding ctrl, or hidden by holding shift. If you welded or recurved your profile lines you wouldn't get the lines on the surface to begin with.

Buckyman

OK I think I see what Cotty was doing, local smoothing to yield a single face.

I have followed Cotty's instructions, then used CleanUp v3, but when I save Sketchup prompts to fix the model, the result of which you can see below.

olishea

Turn on hidden geometry and just reverse the blue faces. (RIght click reverse faces). Or click a white face (a normal) and then right click and Orient Faces.