CONVERT TEXT TO LINES?

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

There's an express tool for that.  TXTEXP.

[Anonymous]

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

Gary

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

There's an express tool for that.  TXTEXP.

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Just use Rhinoceros 3d - command is textobject 🙂

[ambrose]

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?!?!

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

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.