Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
theres a simple utility to generate stick font code in this file http://www.luberth.com/plotter/Basicgcodesourceandexamples.zip look for Text2cnc.bas it could probably be translated to a script for use in Linux Brian -- Nemo me impune lacesset - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
John Thornton wrote: Jon, Don't spend a lot of time trying to find this. I do it so rarely that if it is handy that would be cool if not that is ok too. Well, it appears my Bobcad font is GONE! I still have the 5 letters I redid, but the main font file seems to be gone. If I select the Bobcad font, it doesn't put any characters into the drawing. I just messed up my Windows disk image by attempting an upgrade, and had to rebuild everything. Since I can't find the default font file, I may have to reload it, if I can find the floppies or whatever it came on. I should have another copy of it at work. Jon - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
On Friday 19 October 2007, ben lipkowitz wrote: you could try autotrace with the -centerline option. it wouldn't give you the z-depth for different widths with a conical cutter, but it might look ok anyway. Humm, when was that option added to truetypetracer? I've just been letting it cut the outlines, which with the font I was using, didn't look all that bad, I made a nameplate that's mounted beside the front door, on brass kickplate material. Also the one on my mailbox. Another possibility might be to print it, scan it, use potrace on the scan. On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Patrick Ferrick wrote: I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few commercial packages that do this. We have been using QCAD's CAMExpert demo version (the full version of which is very reasonably priced) but both provide only one such font. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. -- Charles Schulz - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few commercial packages that do this. We have been using QCAD's CAMExpert demo version (the full version of which is very reasonably priced) but both provide only one such font. Thanks, Pat === Patrick Ferrick Town of Webb School Main Street Old Forge, NY 13420 (315) 369-3222 (315) 369-6216 (fax) - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
Patrick Ferrick wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. http://timeguy.com/cradek/truetype Regards, John Kasunich - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
At 01:45 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few commercial packages that do this. We have been using QCAD's CAMExpert demo version (the full version of which is very reasonably priced) but both provide only one such font. Thanks, Pat If you have not found yet it here is a thread on the subject. http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30438 I have in the past done a few characters in single stroke but had the Z changing so that when cut with a V cutter it would make an outline like character but be much faster to machine. Never found (or much looked for) a program to do it for me, would be nice. __ Andre' B. Clear Lake, Wi. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
you could try autotrace with the -centerline option. it wouldn't give you the z-depth for different widths with a conical cutter, but it might look ok anyway. On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Patrick Ferrick wrote: I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few commercial packages that do this. We have been using QCAD's CAMExpert demo version (the full version of which is very reasonably priced) but both provide only one such font. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
John Kasunich wrote: Patrick Ferrick wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. http://timeguy.com/cradek/truetype Well, at least the sample on the first page is not a stick font. It has line width. For simple engraving of nameplates and instrument panels, a font with zero width is faster to cut, it is always done with a single stroke of the cutting tool. Bobcad has a built-in stick font, bot anything it creates from an external font has width. Cutting these things on a low-RPM spindle machine like a mill is slow enough already without having to carve out the middle of the strokes. Jon - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
Patrick Ferrick wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for generating toolpaths for making signs. Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few commercial packages that do this. We have been using QCAD's CAMExpert demo version (the full version of which is very reasonably priced) but both provide only one such font. Bobcad provides a stick font, but I thought it was ugly, and so reverse engineered the file format and made some adjustments. I haven't used it in a while, but it did work well. If you can prove your ownership of Bobcad, I could make the changes available. I can't just give it out to anybody, because it is copyrighted property of Bobcad. I only fixed about 4 letters that looked bad. Jon - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
