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Notice the Mapping Tab has many options to numerically adjust the decal as well. Click inside the outlines to pick up the decal and move it click on the orange ring to spin the decal and click on the corners of the outlines to scale the decal. Notice the pink and blue outlines around the decal and the orange ring on the decal. We can adjust the location, orientation and scale of the decal from the Mapping Tab and in the graphics area. The bottom face will be selected as the Selected Geometry to apply the decal. We will be concentrating on the Image and Mapping Tabs and allow the default for illumination.Īpplying Decals to your Models This Rating Plate will be added to the bottom face of the housing.įor the Mask Image options, we’ll select No Mask and use the image as is, black text on a white background. Some settings require a light to be enabled in PhotoView 360 (SOLIDWORKS Pro/Premium required). The Illumination Tab sets the lighting properties of the decal. The Decals Property Manager opens with 3 tabs: Image, Mapping, and Illumination. Right click in the Display Manager and Add Decal. Decals are created in the Display Manager > Decals. In SOLIDWORKS, we will create a decal from the artwork. Save the artwork to one of the supported file formats for decals.

Best option is having a transparent background and save as a.

Use a solid background for easy background removal.

The edges of the artwork should be crisp, no soft blended edges.

When creating the artwork, for best results, Having said that… this step is not absolutely necessary, as we can scale and position decals in SOLIDWORKS.

Plus, we can dimension the Split Line so manufacturing knows exactly where to place or print the artwork. This ensures the decal is accurately sized and proportioned. jpg into a 3 rd party software to develop the artwork. A 1:1 drawing of the part is created and imported via. This decal face can be created using a Split Line. SOLIDWORKS, out of the box, includes a few decals and are found in the Task Pane > Decals folder.īut what if we have to create a SOLIDWORKS decal from scratch? Perhaps we have an existing image to apply to our model, or, perhaps we need to create artwork in a 3 rd party software.įor custom decals, typically, an individual face on the part is created to place the decal. In SOLIDWORKS, we represent the product markings with Decals.

Product marking can be an adhesive label applied to the product, or, artwork that is pad printed. It could be a rating plate, the brand name or logo, or instructions to assemble the batteries.

Nearly every commercial product has some sort of product marking.