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Is there a way to make a library of custom notes for drawings like feature script?

Kira_LeeKira_Lee Member, Developers Posts: 17 PRO
I have features made in feature script, but I want to be able to add notes to the drawing with those features in it. Each unique feature has a unique note with it, but I want to be able to drop these notes in the drawings like I can with features into parts. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance!

Answers

  • john_mcclaryjohn_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 3,890 PRO
    edited October 2021
    If it is a note that is relative to a drawing's reference (part, partstudio, assembly) then you can link a note to a property of the reference. 

    If you need something more generic that doesn't change based on the part shown... Such as an old autoCAD block.. Then you can create a sketch containing text in a part studio, then insert it as a view in drawings, then it will behave similar to an autoCAD block. 

    Otherwise, you will need to give more details on how this note should behave 
  • Kira_LeeKira_Lee Member, Developers Posts: 17 PRO
    Here is more detail on what I need:

    I create drill rod ends that have various client specifications with them. Each client needs a unique drawing for their part. The basic thread on these parts are the same, so I have created feature scripts for all of them to easily be added to a cylinder with the client's specs. When I make these drawings, I need the thread information (taper, threading insert, TPI) to be next to that feature.

    I have attached an example of this in the link below where the thread information is attached with that one feature, so both parts - even though the dimensions of the part are different - have the same thread note.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0825b41fe710597f6ddd209a/w/5df3406d26f4d721207d09fd/e/938d3657a473a22313b11fa2
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