Hi,
I have a project which requires waterjet cutting of +500 strips, all different shapes. So every strip has to be numbered, using the stick font.
When the strips are too long, I split them, insert new sketch with partnumber, and insert all new solid bodies into new parts. But these new part do not contain the sketch with the partnumber. Is there anyway to save these separate bodies, including the stick font numbering?
Simon-
Stick fonts seem pretty limited at this stage of things. You might be able to work around using a slightly different method from what you're descibing. Instead of saving the solid using the save bodies method, you can open an empty part and insert your base part as its first feature. When using the insert part feature, you can control whether to include sketches etc. You would then have to delete the extra bodies using the delete bodies feature (if I'm understanding your method).
Or, since you're waterjetting, could you model the part numbers in the solid using a stencil font and cut from that? (Maybe there's something availible online that doesn't look quite so Victorian).
-Jason S.