Typically FAB 3000 will explode all text when exporting to various formats. However during ODB++ export you can explicitly instruct FAB 3000 keep dynamic text. Please make sure to select "Explode All except Dynamic" for Text Output (see below).
Here's a quick tutorial movie showing me output text in FAB 3000 using ODB++ Dynamic text variables.
Sample ODB++ Dynamic Text Variables - Variable Descriptions:
DATE-MMDDYY date expressed as month/day/year (short)
DATE-DDMMYY date expressed as day/month/year (short)
DATE-MMDDYYYY date expressed as month/day/year
DATE-DDMMYYYY date expressed as month/day/year (last two digits)
DD day of month (01-31)
WEEK-DAY day of week (Sunday-Saturday)
MM month of year (01-12)
YY year (12)
YYYY year (2012)
WW week of year (1-52)
TIME current time
JOB name of current product module
STEP name of step where text is placed
LAYER name of layer where text is placed
X bottom left x-coordinate of where text is placed (inch)
Y bottom left y-coordinate of where text is placed (inch)
X_MM bottom left x-coordinate of where text is placed (mm)
Y_MM bottom left y-coordinate of where text is placed (mm)
Simon Garrison
Typically FAB 3000 will explode all text when exporting to various formats. However during ODB++ export you can explicitly instruct FAB 3000 keep dynamic text. Please make sure to select "Explode All except Dynamic" for Text Output (see below).
Here's a quick tutorial movie showing me output text in FAB 3000 using ODB++ Dynamic text variables.
Sample ODB++ Dynamic Text Variables - Variable Descriptions:
DATE-MMDDYY date expressed as month/day/year (short)
DATE-DDMMYY date expressed as day/month/year (short)
DATE-MMDDYYYY date expressed as month/day/year
DATE-DDMMYYYY date expressed as month/day/year (last two digits)
DD day of month (01-31)
WEEK-DAY day of week (Sunday-Saturday)
MM month of year (01-12)
YY year (12)
YYYY year (2012)
WW week of year (1-52)
TIME current time
JOB name of current product module
STEP name of step where text is placed
LAYER name of layer where text is placed
X bottom left x-coordinate of where text is placed (inch)
Y bottom left y-coordinate of where text is placed (inch)
X_MM bottom left x-coordinate of where text is placed (mm)
Y_MM bottom left y-coordinate of where text is placed (mm)