Techsoft 2D Engraving
Posted: Mon 27 Nov , 2006 10:10 am
I want to do some engraving of a sundial face which obviously has text around the outside. Millcam designer is too basic for this as it wont allow you to curve the text.
You can do it in 2D design then convert them in millcam designer but I find DXF files to be useless, a simple text character done this way is hundreds of lines of code with the cutter making tiny little random cuts going in and out of the workpiece constantly. Is there anyway to stop this and get the toolpath to just follow the text?
Also techsoft are selling VCarve software that looks great for this kind of thing but the catalogues only list it for Roland machines.
Thanks
Paul
You can do it in 2D design then convert them in millcam designer but I find DXF files to be useless, a simple text character done this way is hundreds of lines of code with the cutter making tiny little random cuts going in and out of the workpiece constantly. Is there anyway to stop this and get the toolpath to just follow the text?
Also techsoft are selling VCarve software that looks great for this kind of thing but the catalogues only list it for Roland machines.
Thanks
Paul