Re: Converting text from .dxf...

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "kettletrigger"
<kettletrigger@h...> wrote:
kettletrigger,

What you should look for within your cad program is an "explode"
option for text, usually under some edit menu somewhere. I know
thats what mastercam and i believe surfcam does this also. Im not
sure about autocad though. there is a c.n.c. controller program
called Mach1 or Mach2 that might handle that problem also. in the
old days you could print/plot out of any software to an HPGL file to
your hard drive instead of a printer or plotter. by doing this it
creates vectorized data that can be converted to dxf as actual
geometry sooooooooooooooo look for a hpgl to dxf converter and
give that a whirl !!!!
have a great weekend

hope this helps

Jeff

> Hello,
> I'm a bit of a newbie to G-code programming and CNC in general,

but I'm stumped.

> I've been playing around with some CNC conversion programs, and

none of the Gcode

> converters will see the text in a .dxf file. I'm using "dxfout"

from Autocad2000. When

> I convert the file over to G-code, everything else shows up, but

none of the text. I've

> tried both GCode2000 and AceConverter. I've also tried the

Illustrator/convert to

> paths/export as .dxf as well... no dice.
> For parts/projects that don't involve any text creation, I'm

feeling pretty confident

> about the G-code programming. But for engraving work, or text that

needs to be

> milled on a part, I'm at a loss.
> Do I need a seperate text creation program, and can anyone

recommend (a freeware/

> shareware) one?
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
> Dana Point, CA