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Open a New 2D drawing (switching the workbench to
"Drafting"; just starting with a blank sheet) (Fig1)
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Select "Text" on the toolbar "Annotations" and click
somewhere near the origin; Then enter any texts you want
in the textbox (Fig2)
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Save the file as DXF format and close the drawing
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Open the DXF file and you will see that the text has been
converted into lines. (Fig3)
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Select and copy all the lines (Fig 4)
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Back to your existing 3D model or start with a new 3D
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Go
to "Sketcher" workbench and paste all lines onto the
sketch. Then you can use the sketcher's command to
reposition /resize the geometry (Fig5)
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Exit the sketcher, and use "Pad" command to make it into
3D (Fig6)
(Fig1) 
(Fig2)
(Fig3)
(Fig4) 
(Fig5) 
(Fig6)