On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 21:51 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I just got confused with clipboard which is a windows thing. > If it is just the paste-buffer then I understand it in Unix. > > Is there any way to scale the fonts larger. > I tried your x,y scale fields but they do nothing I could see. > > Anyway to scale a font to say 25mm high? > No problem with scaling... the display in the little graphics window is scaled to fit the window and give you and idea of the angular orientation, zero reference and flip/mirror options. If you are running it with axis (or load the gcode into a gcode viewer), you will see the result of scaling. If you look in the gcode file, the scale parameters are defined as gcode variables so you can tweak them to whatever size you want. The gui just sets the intial value for the scale variables. Since the input fonts dont appear to have any particular reference size (Points?), the scale numbers are arbitrary and must be adjusted to yield the size you desire. I use the engrave-11 program with axis as axis has a great preview window that verifies the code and also shows the 3d extents of the gcode file. Engrave-11 is a tool, it does not try to be an editor or CAD system. The source code is provided and commented.... have a read through it... you may have ideas for improvements and will have a much better understanding of how everything works together. Looking at and understanding the generated gcode will also help you get a better idea of how emc converts instructions into machine motion. Single step in emc can be quite useful to see what different g code instructions do. Automated machine operation is a complex subject... there is lots to learn. Enjoy and be safe
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