Offset tool on Text?

matthew_mucker

Is it possible to use the offset tool on text in a sketch?

I'm designing a thingamabob to print on my 3D printer. I want to print and object, then have a text inlay printed as a separate part that snaps into the first part. I'm new at 3D printing, but I'm comfortably certain that I need to allow a small gap between the text inlay and the hole for the text inlay. So I was thinking that I'd create a text object in the sketch, then use the offset tool to create the gap, extrude both, use the boolean function to cut the text-plus-offset out of the first part, then remove the offset extrusion and have my text part remain.

But I can't get the offset tool to work with a text object in a sketch. Am I missing something here, or am I just out of luck?

viru

matthew_mucker , Currently user cannot use Offset for sketch text in Onshape. You can raise improvement request for this. In near future we hope that this facility will be provided by Onshape.

owen_sparks

Can you offset the individual letters?

viru

@owen_sparks, Currently it is not possible for user to offset even individual letter also.

ilya_baran

What you can do, however, is first extrude the text, and then boolean-subtract it with an offset (and the "keep tools" option checked).

owen_sparks

Good thinking Ilya, thanks.

Owen S