Wiring Diagram Labels

I have a need to create simple wiring diagrams labels for fixing to
control boxes etc. The material may be familiar to some its 1.6mm thick
Traffolite (Black, White, Black). Thing is i'm having trouble creating
these in any other format than 'Sketching' onto 1.6mm extrusion, with
the attendant result that its visible through other solid parts. Tried
the 'Wrap' impractical needs new sketch for each symbol.

Any help please (fairly new user)

 

You might try extruding three thin layers with the merge box unchecked.
Then do an extrude cut for the lettering with draft and set the scope
to all three layers. What you are doing is creating three bodies in
one part. You can set a color for each body before you cut.

 

Many thanks for the reply, but would this really work as the diagrams
exist as single lines ajoining circles, and lines crossing diagonally
through circles etc to make up electrical schematics. Nearly all
attempts have resulted in the error message about having 'Disjoint
Bodies'. Perhaps my original request was a little misleading, I am not
interested in reproducing a true label with the initial black being
engraved away leaving the white showing as the schematic, but rather
just black lines on a white background. Is it your suggestion that I
assign specific width cuts to each line, circle, etc

 

SW isn't a very good choice for 2D schematics, at least not by itself. The
base package is intended for 3D modeling, and the resultant "physical"
engineering drawings. Abstractions, like line schematics, aren't supported
directly. I think WS Routing (pricy) will do what you need. We just use
Visio.

Regards

Mark

 

OK, I think it is beginning to dawn on me what you are doing. You have
a schematic, not just lettering, and this has to be placed on a label
made of Traffolite in the 3D model. Further you want the label visible
in the assembly as well as the drawing of the assembly.

First off, SW really won't allow display of a 2D sketch onto a face in
a 3D model. For one thing, in the 3D environment a line has no width
and so it wouldn't show up. If you want a lot of work you could thicken
the lines and cut into the Traffolite. It might take several sketches
because of the fact that a schematic does not necessarily have "legal"
geometry for SW to extrude a cut.

A second method more ammenable to a production environment would be to
mark off on the 3D model and area where the label is to be affixed and
reference the lable on another drawing where only the label graphics
appear. The drawing of the 3D model would specify size and location of
the label and the label drawing would specify the graphics to go on the
drawing, perhaps in a format that an engraver could use like dxf.