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CONVERT TEXT TO LINES?

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lambj90
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CONVERT TEXT TO LINES?

Has anybody had any success converting text into lines?

 

I have tried the explode tool, but all it does is turn multiline text into single line text...?

 

I need to convert some text to lines as the CNC machine im using does not accept text.

 

any help, ideas, suggestions would be greatly appriciated?

 

Jason

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jaich
in reply to: lambj90

There's an express tool for that.  TXTEXP.

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Gary_K
in reply to: jaich

Whoa... has there been an AutoCAD for Mac update?

 

Gary

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lambj90
in reply to: jaich

 


@jaich wrote:

There's an express tool for that.  TXTEXP.


 

I thought that express tools wasn't included on the mac version of autocad yet...?

 

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jaich
in reply to: lambj90

Oh, shoot.  My bad.  I keep forgetting how much isn't in the mac version.  I bet if you asked someone with a PC version they would do this for you, it only takes a second to do.  One thing to watch, though, is how many line segments it creates from the text.  It isn't a clean outline.  You will definitely have to clean it up prior to sending it to CNC.

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bkobeWYEPL
in reply to: lambj90

Just use Rhinoceros 3d - command is textobject 🙂

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ambrose
in reply to: bkobeWYEPL

That's about as helpful as the comment I'm about to make!

 

Which is this..

Why would you install Autocad on a Mac, and why does it even exist?!?!

 

 

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john.vellek
in reply to: bkobeWYEPL

Hi @bkobeWYEPL,

 

Another way to create the outlines is to open the DWG in Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape and save the text outlines. I have both applications on my Mac and the 2nd one is even free.

 

Yes, this function is not yet part of the Mac Express Tools but I have my fingers crossed for this feature in the future as I use it quite a bit on the Windows side.

 

Of course, subscription users are also able to install AutoCAD for Windows in a Bootcamp or other VM partition so they can run the Express Tools to do this process there as well.


John Vellek


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