I need to create a UDF for my user group that will create engraved text on the outer diameter of a flange. Also the text needs to be able to rotate around the circumference of the flange a full 360 degrees. This is because there are sometimes other features located on the flange outer diameter that need to be avoided.
So I created the text using the feature list below and this has the ability to be rotated around 360 degrees.
My issue occurs when I create the UDF. When it comes time to select the references for the Offset feature I can only pick one reference (in this case a surface) for the collector in the UDF prompt window. But when creating the Offset feature I am able to select both halves (surfaces) of the outer diameter in order to make the full rotation work. So when placing the newly created UDF in an existing part it works up until you try to rotate the features past 180 degrees then the features start losing references. Obviously this isn't acceptable because I can't have users recreating features for something that was supposed to save them time.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a different approach to create this text or a work around for the UDF creation? Has anyone run into this issue with UDF creation and a different feature?
Also the text does need to be fairly accurate as the CNC Programmers attached to my group will be using these models.
Thanks in advance for the help.