Hole tool for Text and other custom shapes

[matthewokane]

Hello,

At my work we produce large builds made up of multiple 3d printed parts. I've been splitting the parts in Fusion and would like to emboss the part number onto each print. The emboss feature works for fairly flat builds where all parts can be seen from one sketch view but for builds that form closed loops the emboss feature doesn't work unless I create the Text on multiple sketches at different angles. I'm trying to save time so I'd rather not have to create multiple sketches to cover all the parts. Below is an example of where a build that loops back on itself would result in the part number being reversed or sometimes not visible at all.

I was wondering if there is an addin or existing tool/workflow that could function like the emboss tool but with the placement capability of the hole tool. Ideally I would have a sketch that contains all the part numbers in Text, the tool would let you select the part number you want and click to place it on any surface. This would be much faster and cleaner for our workflow.

Alternatively is there a workaround anyone can think of that would be more efficient than having to create multiple sketch planes.

I'm fairly new to Fusion so apologies if there is an obvious answer to this.

Thanks in advance.

[jhackney1972]

Please attach one of your problem models so the Forum users can take a look at it.  Can you also give a graphic representation of how much Embossed Text your are talking about, the whole inside surface or an area?  As you can see Fusion can Emboss around a good deal of the inside surface of my model from a single Text Line.  Model is attached.

If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 model follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save as a F3D or F3Z file to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section, of a forum post, to attach it. If needed, ZIP a F3Z file.

[matthewokane]

Hello, apologies for the massive delay.

So, I have made a demo file as I can't share any of the actual parts from work. For the demo assume that we can only put part numbers on the orange surfaces and we need one part number on each body, preferably in a similar place on each part. 

My usual workflow for this would be to create multiple sketch planes to emboss onto each part. in this example only some of the surfaces can be embossed from one plane. 

I may be able to emboss some more of the faces by sketching on the opposite side of the plane so that the text is flipped but I've found this workflow to be really messy and temperamental.

On these parts I also use the hole tool to make markers that help with orienting the parts during assembly. The ease of using the Hole tool made me wish that I could create a sketch plane to the side that contains all the part numbers as text, and then using a tool similar to the hole tool, I could choose the part number and click to place it on the surface of the part. I'm wondering how feasible this would be to implement or if there is a much easier way to do this that I am missing. I haven't written scripts for Fusion before but have access to a programmer that could attempt it if he looked into the specifics of scripting for Fusion.

I wouldn't mind going through this process if it was only occasionally but I do this quite often in work and would really benefit from being able to speed it up.

Any input is appreciated,

Thanks