topic Re: Centerline Text ? in FeatureCAM Forum

Centerline Text ?

Matthias.K — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:09:24 GMT

Hello,

in FC TurnMill I'd like to engrave a text on a workpiece. I know there is a way to create a curve from text but afaik this way only outputs the outline of the text. For my purpose what I need is the centerline as a curve.

Is there a way to get a centerline curve from a text?

Alternative: has anyone a working xbuild postprocessor and an UCF that works with Sinumerik 840DSL Cycle60?

Cheers,
Matthias

Re: Centerline Text ?

craig.shipley — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:16:16 GMT

You need to use the machine tool fonts...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/featurecam/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/FCAM/files/GUID-E1ABA199-DBC5-4EB3-94B8-C792699D3D0A-htm.html?st=single%20line%20text

Kind Regards

Re: Centerline Text ?

Matthias.K — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:21:25 GMT

Thanks a lot! I've seen and tested these machine tool fonts before but didn't test the output of the Sans Serif one.