How do you make plain/printed text on a surface (no extrusion)?

gprosser

I have sketched text on a surface and just want it to appear as printed black text on a surface without any extrusion or other feature. How can I best go about this?

NeilCooke

Split face

MichaelPascoe

Here's a custom feature, Text, that has the "Split face" option directly within the text feature. 

don_b

I sure am missing something....I do not see OP plain "printed black text" on text example....I can not find a "split face" button as an option for the Text routine in the sketch routine

jtedeschi

Have you tried using Decal?

MichaelPascoe

@don_b the example I gave is for a custom feature, not the native sketcher text feature. In the custom feature, there is an option for splitting the face instead of create new or add.

don_b

jtedeschi said:

Have you tried using Decal?

I have tried decal.....does not transfer to a drawing or at least I was not able to get the decal on a drawing.....best option I have found is a note positioned on a drawing for example keeping track of what flat pattern is for what part when printing flat patterns to be used to build parts....it is also much easier to make a note rather than a decal.

don_b

MichaelPascoe said:

@don_b the example I gave is for a custom feature, not the native sketcher text feature. In the custom feature, there is an option for splitting the face instead of create new or add.

is your custom feature what Neil is talking about?

S1mon

Decals will show up on drawings if you use a shaded view. Depending on your needs, it may be helpful or not. 

MichaelPascoe

@don_b
He's talking about the technique of splitting the face of your part using a sketch containing text. Which my feature does automatically. But no, he was not talking about my feature.

don_b

found it.....thank you .....

never thought putting text on a part would be so interesting 

marianela_garcia

How is the custom feature called?

So I can look for it and add it.

marianela_garcia

I still can't do this. I had written the text as a sketch on the face I need the print to be shown. When I set an extrusion either surface o solid, as a new part or add, with depth 0 mm it results in an error.

MichaelPascoe

@marianela_garcia here is the Text feature I mentioned. However there are other good ones across the forum if you search "text custom feature".

marianela_garcia

@MichaelPascoe Great! Thank you very much :)