Marking

This command allows to imprint a property,a text or 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.

Select the marking type:

Property
Text
Sketch

Select the shape to modify.
Specify the property, the text or the sketch to mark.
Position the property or the text.
Validate.

Property:

Text to mark: select the property.

Temporary text: enter the text to display (see Information area below for more details).

Family: select the font to use.

Size: enter the font size.

Text:

Text to mark: enter the text to mark on the shape.

Family: select the font to use.

Size: enter the font size.

Sketch:

Planar sketch: select sketch to mark.

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:

Position (available with Property and Text type only):

Frame: text positioning frame.

Text orientation: text angle according to the reference direction below.

Reference direction: select the text reference direction. TopSolid will use the X frame axis when this field is empty.

Alignment:

	Left vertical line: it is the vertical line passing by the left extremity of the text.
	Center vertical line: it is the vertical line passing by the center of the text..
	Right vertical line: it is the vertical line passing by the right extremity of the text.
	Lower horizontal line: it is the lower horizontal line including letter like "j".
	Base horizontal line: it is the root horizontal line without letter like "j".
	Center horizontal line: it is the horizontal line passing by the center of the text.
	Upper horizontal line: it is the upper horizontal line of the text.

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 ".

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