How can I draw an indicator dial on a cylinder?

[TigerMike]

In addition to @Tech suggestion, here’s a link to wrapping text around a cylinder. Within the thread is a link to wrapping text around a cone. I know that you’d like to wrap text in a circular fashion on the flat of a cylinder, but this may help should the need arise.

Accurate method to wrap a sketch to a cylinder

Hi, I think this has not been posted before, here is an accurate method to wrap a sketch onto a cylinder. [CleanShot 2022-03-22 at 00.35.36] Orthogonal projection of a plane onto a cylinder creates distorsion. One solution is obviously to slice the cylinder to reduce error. The following table gives an estimation of the maximum error of the projection for a given number of slices. [image] 2 slices means projection of a plane on half the cylinder, which leads to infinite distorsion at the li…