Marking

This command allows you to either affect a property or imprint a sketch on a part face.

Marking if often used to display Manufacturing Index ant/or Mounting Index properties.

Creation stages / Use:

Select Surface > Marking... command from the drop-down menu.

With Automated mode:

Select the property to mark.
Enter the temporary text to display.
Select the face to mark.
Select the text origin.
Select the text direction.
Select the wire text family to use for marking.
Enter the font size.

Without Automated mode:

Select the shape to modify.
Select the sketch to imprint.

Marking with Automated mode creates an auxiliary element named Sketches to Mark with all marking sketches inside. It is this auxiliary entity that will be displayed in upper assemblies (with possibility to show/hide it).

In the part document, marking is represented by the temporary text until a marking operation is done in the assembly containing the part. The auxiliary element Sketches to Mark is then automatically hidded and the imprint is done on the face of the part.


Marking for mounting index with $ symbol as temporary text	After marking operation in the assembly containing the part, the temporary text is replaced by the value of the property and the imprint is done on the face of the part

Marking operation created from the assembly in which the part has been included will modify it according to settings of parts operation options.

Available Options:

Lightweight (available when Automated mode is off) :

This option will not imprint the sketch on the part but will store all marking attributes to display sketch on upper documents.

This allows to not reduce performances since no edges are adding to the shape.

In the operation tree, Ø symbol is added in front of the lightweight marking.

Machining process (available when Automated mode is off) :

This option allows to assign a machining process to the operation. This machining process is recognized by TopSolid'Cam. It can also assign a color to the operation..

Select a machining process document in the drop-down list.
Select a process in the drop-down list.

Modifications / Additional information:

With Automated mode, user can enter a part of the property to use. TopSolid will filter the properties drop-down list to display properties containing entered text.
It is possible to use several properties in the same marking operation. Use & symbol to seperate them. To add text between properties you must add ".

'Mounting Index'&'Manufacturing Index'

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