topic Re: Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch. in Inventor Programming Forum

Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch.

cschroer22M64 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:25:21 GMT

Hello all, I was wondering if it was possible to use a form, to write to a user parameter, and have that user parameter be referenced in an embossed text box.

I have an emboss command acting on a sketch which contains a text box. I would like that text box to reference a user parameter that I can enter any word(s) I want and have that emboss automatically update. If this is not possible let me know. Otherwise, I would appreciate any help/guidance anyone can give.

Re: Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch.

Curtis_W — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 20:41:44 GMT

Hi @cschroer22M64

Yep this is doable, see the attached 2022 example file.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

Re: Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch.

cschroer22M64 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:43:41 GMT

Curtis (@Curtis_Waguespack),

Thank you for the reply, although I am having trouble understanding the article (http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/).

From my understanding, the article shows solutions to the following issues:

- set view scale of drawing views using a predefined list
- new border, title block, etc on drawings
- turning off work features and sketches
- parts list manipulation
- unit detection and conversion
- set and set sketch tolerances
- filtering lists based on previous list's selection

What I am trying to do doesn't have to do with drawing files. In my model, I want to make a form to basically fill in lines for an ID tag. To do this, I have 5 lines which emboss sketches containing text lines. My goal is to use the form to write to a user property, then reference that property in the text sketch. I can do this, however if I were to change the text in the form, the user property in the sketch does not update unless I re-enter it into the sketch.

I wanted to know if there was any logic to update text automatically, within an embossed sketch, within the model, using a form.

I hope this kind of clears things up. If this is discussed in the article and I am missing it, please let me know and ill take another look.

Re: Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch.

Curtis_W — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:09:28 GMT

@cschroer22M64

sorry for the confusion. My signature has a link to my blog, but that has nothing to do with your questions.

See the attached file in my previous post for the example related to your question. Just click the icon to download the Inventor file

Re: Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch.

Curtis_W — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:08:34 GMT

Or maybe more simply, here is a direct link to the example file:

https://forums.autodesk.com/autodesk/attachments/autodesk/120/155756/1/Emboss%20iLogic%202022.ipt

Re: Using a form to write to a text box within a sketch.

cschroer22M64 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:32:36 GMT

Thank you Curtis. I tried a similar attempt a couple of days ago and it did not work for some reason. I must not have done it correctly last time.

Thank you for the guide part and your help!