How can I include a variable value in a sketch text?

jon_woellhaf · May 2016

I have a spur gear generator. How can I label each gear with the number of teeth in the variable #Teeth?

brucebartlett · May 2016

I don't think you can do this but I would think it would be to hard to enable. It could be very useful for naming parts with sizes etc.

It would also be great to link back to the properties or the parts name as well, especially when adding parts numbers to a part.

adamohern · May 2016

+1 for this one.

viru · May 2016

kadircan · May 2016

Considering the entire system is database driven, the data is already there just need a way to link to it. As a matter of fact a universal way to link to any database value can open a door to endless posibilities.

david_melling · March 2017

+1. This would be very handy. In context design is great but at times I'd like to work with a list of variables which can be utilised throughout a whole document, giving one central place to make all variation changes.

john_mcclary · March 2017

+1 This is something I use everyday in SW, and would love to see it in OS

valentin_bersier · April 2017

+1 This would come in very handy

hillct · August 2017

+1 Of course I encountered this question specifically because I need to do this for a part today but as a matter of course, it would be valuable across the board. It would be useful to hear from an OnShape developer as to whether or not this has been added to the feature development list and what kind of ETA we might expect for this functionality.

Jake_Rosenfeld · August 2017

@hillct The best way to make sure something is on our development list is to submit or vote on an improvement request; see 'improvement request' category of this forum from the right-side menu -->

We do not give an ETA for anything in development.

You can vote on this improvement request to help us prioritize this task:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/3796/variable-values-displayed-in-text

emagdalenaC2i · August 2017

@Jake_Rosenfeld

What about the support tickets we sent?
should we add all our support tickets (the ones that were marked as an improvement request) to the improvement request list?

Jake_Rosenfeld · August 2017

Hello @emagdalenaC2C !

Support tickets and improvement requests are actually treated the same way once they get to the developer, so if you make a support ticket that gets marked as an improvement request, you don't need to worry about posting in the forum. Generally I would say that you should use a support ticket if you have something that seems like a bug/problem with existing functionality, and use the 'Improvement Requests' section of the forum if you would like to request new functionality that does not already exist in Onshape.

emagdalenaC2i · August 2017

@Jake_Rosenfeld
But if you priorizate the improvement request based on the number of votes of the users...
The support ticket marked as an improvement request will only have "1 vote".

Should we add these existing support tickets (marked as an improvement request) to the list so users could vote for these and priorizate their development?

Jake_Rosenfeld · August 2017

I suspect that @lougallo or @abefeldman has a better answer about this than me.

abefeldman · August 2017

@emagdalenaC2C you can continue using whichever system is to your preference. The support team manages the forums as well, so regardless of how your submit your improvement the same people will see it in either location, and we keep track of both votes and ticket submissions.

How can I include a variable value in a sketch text?

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