Background text on drawings

[federicolemma]

Hi to all,

Maybe the issue is really simple to solve but I cannot find how to do it.

I have the necessity to write text on the background of a drawing ("company confidential" in the specific case). I have tried to write it on a sketch but I do not know how to place it in backgroun (see png attached).

How do you manage it? Thanks!

[mdavis22569]

Make a sketch symbol of it ..

That way you can remove it after the drawing is done...


Are you looking for something like this?

[federicolemma]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion, but it does not solve the problem: also in your screenshot I see that the text goes over the drawings, which is not good. The text must not cover the drawings.

[mdavis22569]

Then do it in the border if you don't want to be able to remove it ....

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

Currently not possible directly in Inventor..

I would suggest printing the drawings to PDF and using their built in watermark functionality/stamps,etc...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Inserting-watermarks-int...

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/transparent-text-watermark/td-p/6733884

[mdavis22569]

@mcgyvr gives a good option ...watermark it in the PDF

[federicolemma]

Hi,

Thanks for the answer, but still it is not good, as you can see in the attached image still the text goes over the sketch.

At the end I think it is not possible directly in Inventor.

[mdavis22569]

What's you're looking for isn't possible ...

It's always going too. It'll never void out for where the views are. The views can reset on changes, or shift / be moved. 

As @mcgyvr point out ... the AKN about Watermark, or use a sketch symbol like I saw in the beginning.

You could make it smaller and pattern it all over the sheet in a lighter color maybe

[-niels- · Accepted solution]

I went a bit creative and made the text a transparent png in photoshop, then added the image to a sketched symbol.

Result:

png attached

[mdavis22569]

that's what I was trying to explain ..

Thanks @-niels- for that .... 

[federicolemma]

Nice! This could open the way to a solution! Thanks a lot!