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Curve editor macro

jsweatherbie — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:23:45 GMT

im making a macro to create text and i seen something on here about that but it didnt work and anything ive made just breaks.
the macro is supposed to ask what text you want and it creates text at cord 0,0,0 .......... sets the text size and font.

THIS IS WHAT I MADE:

//SELECT A TOOL string toolSelected = input entity Tool "Choose a tool" ACTIVATE Tool $toolSelected CREATE PATTERN ; "ENGRAVING" EDIT PATTERN ; CURVEEDITOR START CURVEEDITOR MODE TEXT_HORIZONTAL MODE POSITION START MODE POSITION CARTESIAN X "0" MODE POSITION CARTESIAN Y "0" MODE POSITION CARTESIAN Z "0" POSITION APPLY //FONT SETTINGS CURVEEDITOR TEXT FONT_SIZE ".125" CURVEEDITOR TEXT FONT_FACE "Delcam Gothic"

THIS IS WHAT THE OTHER POST HAD:

IF NOT entity_exists('pattern','') { RETURN } STRING p=entity('pattern','').Name STRING t=Input 'Text?' $t='CURVEEDITOR TEXT SET_TEXT "\F \C!4\H ]\S \B \I \U '+$t+'"' ACTIVATE Pattern $p EDIT PATTERN $p CURVEEDITOR NOGUI START CURVEEDITOR MODE TEXT_HORIZONTAL MODE COORDINPUT COORDINATES 0 0 0 DoCommand $t CURVEEDITOR TEXT FINISH CURVEEDITOR FINISH ACCEPT

from the other post it works untill "DoCommand" then it errors

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icse — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:42:53 GMT

try this:

string $input = input 'Text:' string $patternName = 'ENGRAVING' if entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) { $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName) } create pattern ${patternName} EDIT PATTERN ${patternName} CURVEEDITOR START CURVEEDITOR MODE TEXT_HORIZONTAL MODE COORDINPUT COORDINATES 0 0 0 string $cmd = 'CURVEEDITOR TEXT SET_TEXT "\V{1}\F{Delcam Gothic;TT}\C{ffffffff}\H{5}\S{0}\B{0}\I{0}\U{0}' + $input + '"' DoCommand $cmd CURVEEDITOR TEXT FINISH CURVEEDITOR FINISH ACCEPT

Re: Curve editor macro

kevin.hammond3WX4X — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:02:29 GMT

At the risk of asking a silly question, have you tried the Text creator plugin that ships with Powermill, i find its does a good job

Re: Curve editor macro

evo80 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:07:34 GMT

Hmmm,

I had this once upon a time but for some reason it seems to have gone, is there a link to this plugin?

Regards Jon K

Re: Curve editor macro

kevin.hammond3WX4X — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:37:53 GMT

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\PowerMill 2025\file\plugins\installers\plugins

Re: Curve editor macro

evo80 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:52:38 GMT

Aaah, there it is!

Cheers Kevin!

Re: Curve editor macro

evo80 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:01:39 GMT

Delcam San Serif looks a bit weird??

Re: Curve editor macro

kevin.hammond3WX4X — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:46:53 GMT

Alright on my telly , i have attached the delcam fonts i could find on my pc from C:\Windows\Fonts.

Try one of these to see if it helps.

Also note, in case you are not aware, that clicking the 'A' box on the font line toggles between all fonts and single line fonts.

Re: Curve editor macro

evo80 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:28:37 GMT

Toggling the 'A' box to single line fonts rectified the issue.

Thanks for the tip!

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jsweatherbie — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:03:57 GMT

youre a life saver and a headache saver

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