is it possible to put or have text callouts on a 3d model

[andrew.nao]

if i were to draw a P & ID in 3d, is it possible to have text in the model to call out valve and line sizes and things like that? if so how would i go about doing that?

[Anonymous]

This is available with Inventor Publisher.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! As of Inventor 2015, there are three ways to create notes directly on a model. In an assembly and a part, you can simply select a piece of geometry -> right click -> create Engineering Note. You can also create Welding symbols on a weldment assembly. There are API calls available to create some 3D annotations in part and assembly.

Thanks!

[andrew.nao]

thanks for the reply. what im looking for is the text to appear on the model drawing. not just notes behind the scenes.

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

sadly no..

Some of us have been requesting whats commonly referred to as 3D PMI (or MBD model based definition) from Inventor for years now. Standardized in ASME Y14.41 and a few others.

They had a tool on the labs site a few years back called 3DA or 3d annotation that did it but I think its been retired now.

There should be a request in the Inventor ideastation.. but I can't find it now.. searching through that is sub par IMO..

found it.. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideastation/3d-gd-amp-t-annotations/idi-p/4377399 (show your support please by giving it a kudo)

Its available in most other CAD packages now but sadly Inventor is behind the times on that one.. 

Solidworks got it this year I think so I'd expect (hope) Inventor to follow soon.. 

http://www.solidworks.com/launch/documents/sw2015_launch_mbd_eng.pdf

Its how all future cad will be.. I just don't see the point of 2d drawings anymore. 

All our vendors mostly use my 3d models and the 2d drawings are just for tolerances/notes which would easily be accompished in a 3d PMI/MBD

[dgorsman]

"All future CAD..."  You really should consider that your experiences are not the extent of possibility.

P&IDs, PFDs, MFDs, single-line diagrams, PLC ladder logic diagrams, grounding schematics, yadda yadda yadda.  Not everything can be well represented in 3D, and not all 3D is well represented on hardcopy.

[mcgyvr]

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@dgorsman wrote:

"All future CAD..."  You really should consider that your experiences are not the extent of possibility.

P&IDs, PFDs, MFDs, single-line diagrams, PLC ladder logic diagrams, grounding schematics, yadda yadda yadda.  Not everything can be well represented in 3D, and not all 3D is well represented on hardcopy.

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Well yes.. I intended that to be "Inventor" related CAD..

Not schematic capture/diagramming type programs,etc... I don't consider that "CAD"..

Any fabricated/molded,etc.. part can easily/completely be documented in a single 3d file with 3D PMI

Even 2d drawings for assembly purposes,etc... 

and I should have said the "next main step/direction" in cad. The next major change/focus

2D CAD drawings are simply an old dinosaur to me on the edge of extinction. A single 3d annotated file is all that should be required/shared.

[salariua]

I am adding component tags with ilogic.

This is how I add tags to my equipment.

http://blog.ads-sol.com/2014/10/part-tagging.html

http://blog.ads-sol.com/2014/08/component-tags-in-inventor.html

While you're there check the video as well, you might get a better idea on how that works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r0NuTAwpYFk