Text in Solidworks

Jun 13, 2005 3 Replies
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All,



How do I get SolidWorks (2004) to display/print text on a sketch as solid text vs. the outline of the letters? I am trying to create camera ready art for a silk screen.



My examples have to be displayed in "Courier New" font to look right. They can be pasted into notepad.



What I get is like this: ___ / _ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ | /_____\ \ | _____ | | | | | |_| |_|


What I want is like this:



### ## ## ## ## ## ## ######### ## ## ## ##



Also, SolidWorks insists on saving/printing a small dot at the lower left corner of the text block. Is there a way to suppress that?



Thanks so much! I am very green at this program.


--Doug



Direct Email: D.Canfield [AT] Motorola.Com


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I don't think Solidworks is the best to use to to artwork going to screen printing.

I would generally pick either a 2D CAD program or one of Adobe's Illustrator to do text work, though lots of programs can output good text.

Bo

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1) extrude the letters into a part, and then make a drawing of the part--this will get rid of the dot 2) in the drawing, use a solid cross hatch, and you'll get solid letters instead of outline
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For silk screens, I use Corel Draw. Then, I save them as a .jpeg and insert them in the part drawing.

Best Regards, Devon T. Sowell

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