[header] How to extrude text in autodesk inventor [title] Open the autodesk inventor program. [step] This may be done by either clicking on the icon on the computer desktop or locating it through the start menu. [title] Open an existing part file. 
[step] In order to extrude text on a given surface you must first have part model to extrude text onto. In the upper-left corner of the program screen, click on the " open " icon to locate and open an existing part file you have created.