Export Geometry Text to DWG file

[rsalasidis]

I have a file that I need to export as a DWG file

It is a simple text string around a circle

If I export from the File->Export->Export To DWG, I do not see the text  (Opening in AutoCAD 2021)

If I export from within the sketch Export Sketch As -> and select dwg, the text is visible, but does not follow the geometry (it just comes out as a straight text

I have attached the inventor file, as well as the generated dwg file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Robert

[SharkDesign]

Emboss it by something like 0.00000000001mm

This will make it a feature but it won't stand out.

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! Another workflow you may use is to convert the text to geometry. Edit the sketch -> right-click on the text -> Convert to Geometry -> select a font. The text will be converted to line segments. Then you can export it to dwg/dxf.

Many thanks!

[rsalasidis]

Thanks for the replies.

Emboiss says the obeject has no volume, so it fails, however I can extrude it by 0.00001 for example, and it does export.

Unfortunately,  the software I am importing into, cannot recognize the text (I guess it requires lines only)

Converting the text to line fonts is not an option either, as it is an application that has cosmetic requirements.

I have been doing this in Corel Draw, and importing, but would like to avoid the extra step.

[rsalasidis]

The following kludge worked

Save in DWG

Open in AutoCAD, and save in DXF (AutoCAD R12 format)

My program could then import the text as lines.

However the offset to origin point (0,0) seems to have changed, which makes it hard to use.

Unless someone knows how to fix that?

[rsalasidis]

Never mind, it was scaling OK in my software, I had just entered the wrong options.

Is there a way to export the text as lines without going through this process?