Set text in "text sketch" as part number from part properties?

Triton_Engineering

Hi there,

Does anyone know if it is possible/know of a way to get the text in a "text sketch" to match the part's part number from the properties dialog (update automatically if part number is changed for example)?

We use onshape's auto generate part # feature.  We like to emboss these part #'s on the parts we 3D print and currently we simply manually enter the part # in the "text sketch" feature, then extude, etc. 

Looking for a way cleaner/more efficient way to match this text sketch to the part#.  From what I've seen it doesnt look like it is possible to "pull" the part# from properties in a part studio but I could be wrong.

Thanks!

MichaelPascoe

Currently, this is not possible, see this improvement request: getProperty
Someone correct me if this is wrong.

Work around:
If you generate the part number yourself with a custom feature or API, it is possible to give the part a new ID and Name automatically. However, this would not take advantage of Onshape built in part numbering.

MichaelPascoe

Currently, this is not possible, see this improvement request: getProperty
Someone correct me if this is wrong.

Work around:
If you generate the part number yourself with a custom feature or API, it is possible to give the part a new ID and Name automatically. However, this would not take advantage of Onshape built in part numbering.

Triton_Engineering

MichaelPascoe said:

Currently, this is not possible, see this improvement request: getProperty
Someone correct me if this is wrong.

Work around:
If you generate the part number yourself with a custom feature or API, it is possible to give the part a new ID and Name automatically. However, this would not take advantage of Onshape built in part numbering.

Thanks @MichaelPascoe!  This is what I was assuming but thought I'd check.

emagdalenaC2i

See https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/79278#Comment_79278