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

gprosser
gprosser Member Posts: 2 ✭
in Community Support
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?

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  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,092 image
    Split face
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  • MichaelPascoe
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,935 PRO

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


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  • don_b
    don_b Member Posts: 161 ✭✭
    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
    jtedeschi Member Posts: 2 PRO
    Have you tried using Decal?
  • MichaelPascoe
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,935 PRO

    @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.


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  • don_b
    don_b Member Posts: 161 ✭✭
    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
    don_b Member Posts: 161 ✭✭
    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
    S1mon Member Posts: 4,445 PRO
    Decals will show up on drawings if you use a shaded view. Depending on your needs, it may be helpful or not. 

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  • MichaelPascoe
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,935 PRO
    edited February 2024

    @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.


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  • don_b
    don_b Member Posts: 161 ✭✭
    edited February 2024
    found it.....thank you .....

    never thought putting text on a part would be so interesting 
  • marianela_garcia
    marianela_garcia Member Posts: 18 ✭✭

    How is the custom feature called?

    So I can look for it and add it.

  • marianela_garcia
    marianela_garcia Member Posts: 18 ✭✭

    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
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,935 PRO

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


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  • marianela_garcia
    marianela_garcia Member Posts: 18 ✭✭

    @MichaelPascoe Great! Thank you very much :)

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