Hi
I routinely need to add quite a bit of text onto parts to simulate the silkscreen. I need these to be visible all of the time not just when rendering so can't use a decal. The artwork files are originally created in Coreldraw, and I can't recreate it in solidworks. I tried converted the original coreldraw file to an autocad dwg, but the text is all outlines, so I hatch that and import in. the problem is, that it is very sloooow to import and manipulate, understandably I guess, though solidworks importing ability seems a little flakey IMHO. Next I stumbled upon the insert/sketch/picture which works great, and is dead quick, however... and this is my question......
The picture ALWAYS appears on top of all of the features, regardless of where it sits in the tree. This means for instance, any holes get covered etc. I want to check for any clashing text etc, but can't see an easy way to do this.
Is it possible to have transparent areas on sketch pictures? Is there a better way?
thanks for the help
Paul