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@aaron_harris672 It'll probably do something, but even if it does, I suspect it won't work entirely as you think, the core assumption right now is that parts are planar and intersect along a line. Working with tube sections I think would require a large enough refactor that it might end up being a different feature altogether.

I am pleased to announce "Release 3". Same document but make sure to get "Release 3": https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4e187c2b2f7f4974f4e2b612/v/a94c2b1949ec131c8d9eb61f/e/bbfe4eb9f6b097e2ab503d67

Note: Updating existing "Text path" features will likely change them geometrically so verify the results after updating existing features.

1. The feature now has kerning-like position controls:

2. The feature has a new set of orientation controls and a new angle orientation manipulator:

3. "Text path" has been renamed to "Text" for brevity and features now auto-rename based on input.

4. Solids can be created as individual parts or a single closed composite solid.

5. UI has been simplified to group related elements.

6. Text can now place a single instance (that is, you can use this custom feature as a replacement for sketch-based text). The text will be located at the line's centerpoint by default or at a user-specified point.

Please let me know if you see any bugs or have any feature requests. The kerning control in particular was a challenge and I would welcome your feedback there. Thanks to @S1mon and @GregBrown and the rest of the FS dev community for their insight and feedback.

The reason I developed this tool was largely to meet my own design needs. I make a Magic: The Gathering Commander Counter and needed to position text elements back to detented dial positions and sliders. This feature made it easy to iterate on the design and adjust the dial text orientation while figuring out how to pack everything in to a space the size of a Magic card. If you've done mechanical text layout before, you know what a bear this can be:

Hope you enjoy Release 3!