You're going to do the CAM in AutoCAD the way you always have and, in
addition to that, you want a model for show in Inventor, right? I don't know
anything about VBA either, but I'm pretty sure it can be done going by
Charles's 3D Text routine. Still, seems to me (could be wrong) the fonts
have to be made one way or another to be parametric so that they can change
size which still leaves the prospect of doing a set of parametric fonts. If
that's true, then they could all be done using the same parameter to update
the size from their center lines and they would only need to be copied into
the model for extrusion, no? If the model is just to show, wouldn't even
matter if the accuracy was off a little.
~Larry
"Kevin Ellingson" wrote in message
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> This would seem to be very basic, but it is not, unless I am mistaken.We
may
> draw a donor sign that could have up to 200 or so names on it. To manually
> go through and sweep every letter would be far too tedious and time
> consuming. We also do not want to retype the text for 2 reasons. Chance
for
> spelling errors, and the fact that retyping is also time consuming. You
guys
> are getting the right concept of what I want to do. We are trying to come
up
> with a simple and quick method to create these 3d signs.
>
> I am going to post an example of a sign that Avatech Solutions did for us.
> We sent them the AutoCad drawing, and this is what they sent us back. It
was
> made from single line text, but the person who did it said it was pretty
> tedious work to make this model. We are also maybe looking to do a VBA
> program. Here is kind of how we envison that working. Keep in mind I know
> absolutely nothing about VBA. You paste your geometry from AutoCad on the
> face of sign in IV. Then you would window pick the text (geometry) and a
> little dialog box would come up and ask "specify cutter diameter". It
would
> then offset the lines half the diameter of the cutter, and then you could
do
> a simple extrude command. Does this sound feasible???
>
>
> "Quinn Zander" wrote in message
> news:358FCADE9C35B253F8A3CF7A16EAC2F7@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Larry,
> >
> > I think the whole post should be read after eliminating the font
> > statement. It seems to me he wants to use "stick" letters (which would
> > in effect be sweep paths when the DWG is brought into the sketch) in
> > Acad, but have a "routed" (sweep path) model in IV.
> >
> > This seems so basic.... I must be missing something.
> >
> > QBZ
> >
> >
> > "Larry Caldwell" wrote in message
> > news:91084D5E3BA87AD1ADD63CA2CD167876@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > I don't know what fonts you mean specifically, but I will put an
> > example of
> > > embossed RomanS text in CF, then you can tell me what I'm missing.
> >
> >
> >
>
>