Barcodes in 2D drawings ??

[DavidJ]

When looking at features in another CAD package, I noticed the ability to include barcodes in 2D drawings (though there was no detail given on if these were manually entered, or driven from (say) drawing number).

Do you see this as something that Geomagic should offer in the future ? Rather than just add it to the list of requested enhancements, I thought I'd see what other users think. Please complete the poll if you have any view on this. Myself - I'm probably in the 'maybe' camp on this.

 

[bigseb]

I clicked maybe. Absolutely no need for it at the present but seeing where CAD is going then yes, I expect it to be an issue in the future.

 

[KMoffett]

There are free online text to bar code generators. Copy and save the image of the bar code as a jpg. Insert the saved image into the drawing. This would be OK for one-offs, but you're probably thinking of automatic document or part identification. There are also free generators for QR (checkerboard) codes.

Ken

 

[Kunstmaan]

The foundation i work for is using a simple reader for reading the code (=drawing number) an showing instructions and remarks if available.
Attached are the used template and a drawing as result. It uses a available barcode truetype font.

Mareike

 

[DavidJ]

Kunstmaan - that's interesting, it did not occur to me that it might be so simple to achieve with existing functionality.

 

[Kunstmaan]

Maybe it would be better that GD the custom properties option implement as they should.

Mareike

 

[Kunstmaan]

maybe the óld' barcode is obsolyte. maybe they should include the QR code as well

Mareike