Extruding Text? 1

[hev125cc]

Hello,

My name is Ryan and I am using MDT v4. I am trying to figure out how to place text on parts to help identify them in complex assemblies. I know in PROE you can create a sketch profile of text and then extrude/cut it a very small depth to create the illusion of an engraving. Is there any way to simulate part engraving in MDT?

Thank You.

 

[FredGarvin]

You can do the exact same thing in version 6. I am not sure about 4. Simply right click in the model space window and select Sketch Solving....Text Sketch. It will bring up a dialog box for what text and font you want. Type it in. When you press enter it will ask you to drag a box for the size of the text. Once you do that an object is created in the tree. You can then treat it like any other and extrude it, etc...

 

[FredGarvin]

I also found this on MyMCAD. This looks more like what you may have to do if you don't have the text sketch functionality in rev 4.

http://mymcad.com/tipstricks_answer1009.html