Engraving on a Curved Surface

HELP!!

I'm trying to engrave text on the external surface of a short piece of
pipe.

I went to sketch tool, then text and selected the "Place Along Curve,"
but no luck.

Can anyone give some guidance on how to do it?

Thank You.

 

Try projecting a surface (in the shape of the text) onto the surface &
thickening it.

 

You can also project or wrap curves onto a surface and use those to create a
cut. Or you could create an extruced cut by sketching the text on a plane
above the surface and using a copied/offset surface to set the depth.

David Janes