Converting text to outline/polyline

Converting text to outline/polyline

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Converting text to outline/polyline

Anonymous
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How can I change text from being solid fill to just outline?  Or convert it from text to polyline?  I need to make cut templates.  I found suggestions online for using Paste Special from Word, TXTEXP, and WMFOUT/WMFIN but none of those have worked for me.

 

Thanks in advance!

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Message 21 of 28

pendean
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Can you show us what you are working with, and what the source font looked like intact?
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Message 22 of 28

Anonymous
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Just with TXTEXP from Express Tools - zoom does matter on final effect.. if You want to have nice outline zoom as close as possible..

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Message 23 of 28

steven-g
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@Anonymous AutoCAD LT doesn't have Express Tools?

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Message 24 of 28

rkmcswain
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@Anonymous - see post #12

R.K. McSwain     | CADpanacea | on twitter
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Message 25 of 28

pmarrhilliard
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Although the "solution" is well explained and thorough, it's absolutely unacceptable to call it anything but a work-around. I'm glad that some people have had success using a 26 step process for something that should be a single command. Don't tell me that express tools is easy. It's not an option on LT, but something as simple as converting text to outlines should be part of the core program, LT or not. This solution did not work for me despite following each step, but it's not worth my time trying to figure it out since I can just do it in another program. The original post was 6 years ago and it's not like Autodesk gives a flying duck about making any meaningful improvements to LT version. I've been using the program and all the updates for 7 years now and still hate with a passion reading posts by helpful users solving other users problems that Autodesk ignores completely.  

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Message 26 of 28

pendean
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@pmarrhilliard this forum is fellow users like you and me helping each other out.

Autodesk takes feedback over here and only over here and no where else https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback

HTH
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Message 27 of 28

ctraughFQGSS
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Don't know what your going on about,  I been trying to figure out how to do this for a while now.  I know autocad doesn't do it automatically but now I can do it with a few steps.    Works like a charm and I for one appreciate the instructions that were given by pendean.   

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Message 28 of 28

Garret.Ozbolt
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If you are using LT, you must right click the text, go to properties, and then scroll down to misc. There you can select "backwards" and set it to yes. It will mirror the text.
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