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Text engraving

Text engraving

When choosing text for engraving, in the drop down to select font it would be quicker and easier if the font name sampled the font. Rather than the time consuming way it is now, individually selecting each one to see if it's one to be chosen. It's taken me 30 minutes to get from A to C fonts. 

So when scrolling to chose a text you can visually see how it will appear right there. Not, type your text, and go one by one to see what it looks like.

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bmorlok84
Explorer

Or at least allow to use the down arrow or mouse scroll wheel when in the font selection drop down menu to help speed up the process. As of now, i'm going to make my own using a downloaded canvas and use splines. Please fix, but LOVE using Fusion360!

CBB1962
Contributor

 

Fusion is greatly lacking in handling text and engraving it:

  • Text wrap 
    • Define a text box and allow text to fill the box.
  • Align multiple lines of text to a line (horizontal alignment)
  • The ability to distribute lines between two points (Verticle Distribution)
  • Select multiple lines and change attributes for the selection
    • need to be able to change font, size, and alignment for a set of lines.
  • Align text along a curved path.
  • Easily emboss text
  • Give a warning that not all sections of some letters did not engrave.
    • if you choose a bit with too large a tip it may not engrave the cross-bar of an "A" or the top and bottom of an "O"  - It would be nice to know.
    • give a warning when the interior is not completely cleared.Add the ability to treat the interior of a letter as a pocket and clear the un-machined portions.
  • Engraving tool paths SUCK!!
    • I repeat Engraving tool paths SUCK !!!
    • If you have multiple lines of engraving Fusion will first engrave the O's and 0's then it will jump all around. It is incredibly inefficient. 
      • The path of a drunken pig makes more sense.
      • The developer of Engraving must have said: "Oh well, at least it works..."

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