There have been numerous requests over the years for Parameterized Text with many use models including revision control and derivative base part generation. I haven't seen a clear statement from Autodesk if this is on the development roadmap and it seems these requests have largely been ignored. Yes it is possible to create sketches that shift linear strings of text into a window based on parameters to ID tag parts, but it is very painful. Quite embarrassing having to create hacks like this. With 3D Printing, print version tracking can become onerous on any big project. With many on going open source projects like the Voron Printer, it has been a difficult task to try to track parts updates even with a spreadsheet.
Along similar lines, I'd like to propose conditional execution of Timeline Features based on a parameter setting. If the parameter is 0 the feature does not get executed otherwise it is executed. This is extremely useful when there is a base part with multiple derivatives.
Example of "parameterized text" and derivative parts attached.
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