I wrote my own script to handle the curved surface. I wrote a custom post processor for this as well, it works well enough for the button curve.
I am using the Create Vector tool within vcarve. This is getting infilled with black enamel, and cleaned once dry with Naptha. I did a number of these with a .015 tip, they plug with plastic and break. I suppose a v bit could work, but I think managing the cut width would be troublesome. The way I am doing this currently, the width of the cut is the font trace width. If there was a way to trace .001 on the outside of the letter vector, it would work great. The button ellipse is 0.600" x 0.315" www.aercon.net/Public/SANY0523.JPG www.aercon.net/Public/SANY0522.JPG On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Tom Penner <[email protected]> wrote: > Send me the artwork and I will run it through EnRoute, which can handle 3D > engraving on a curved surface much better. Depending on the plastic you > will probably be happier with an engraving tool with a small tip (.001 or > .005 need to see the artwork) That tip gives you a little rotation to > actually cut the material rather than rub and melt. > I will also need the spec on the shape of the button as I will create a 3d > surface to match that EnRoute will follow when creating the engrave > toolpath. > > Thos. > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Erik Friesen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am routing some lettering on some small plastic buttons with a .020 > ball > > nose feeding at 15 ipm. I am using vcarve pro to create the lettering, > > using Norm West 1L, or a single line font. I am using create profile, > on, > > to route the line, and doing two passes, one conventional, one climb, in > an > > attempt to minimize the plastic from leaving a curled edge on the cut. > It > > isn't working well enough. Really, I need to be cutting this as a vector > > that is .001" wide, and routing it all conventional, as I think this > would > > fix the edge problem. Not sure how to get there with Vcarve pro though. > > Any other suggestions out there? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for > building > > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
