Chapter 6: Getting More from Your Sketches
- Deselect the Use Document Font option, click the Font button, and then set the
Units to .50 inches. Click the Bold button to make the text thicker. Click OK to exit the
dialog box. Click the green check mark icon to exit the sketch text, and then exit the
sketch. - Extrude the text to a depth of .050 inches with 3 degrees of draft. The part at this
point resembles Figure 6.21.
Performance
Sketch Text is a real performance killer. The more text that you use, the longer it takes to extrude. Draft on the
extrusion adds to the time required.n
FIGURE 6.21
Creating extruded text- Select the flat face on the other side of the part from where you just extruded the
text, and open a sketch. - Select the face and click the Offset button to make a set of sketch entities offset to
the inside of the face by .50 inches. Remember that you may have to reverse the offset
to get it to work properly. - Open the Line Format toolbar (right-click any toolbar other than the
CommandManager and select Line Format). - Select all the sketch lines and change their color using the Line Color tool. Change
the line thickness and the line style using the appropriate tools. The sketch now looks
something like Figure 6.22.