Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 September 2014 01:39:00 Lawrence Glaister did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi Guys > I have not messed with engrave for quite a while. I fired it up and > found my new development machine was missing fonts. I tried the qcad > fonts, but they have changed the font file format when

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-12 Thread Lawrence Glaister
Hi Guys I have not messed with engrave for quite a while. I fired it up and found my new development machine was missing fonts. I tried the qcad fonts, but they have changed the font file format when the transitioned from qcad V2 to qcad V3. The Qcad version 3 font files do not parse properly.

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-12 Thread dave
On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 05:52 -0400, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky > wrote: > > > On 09/11/2014 08:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I went looking for ttt and found an even newer version, on Chris's site > > at > > > timeguy.com. ttt-4.0 is even availabl

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-12 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 09/11/2014 08:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I went looking for ttt and found an even newer version, on Chris's site > at > > timeguy.com. ttt-4.0 is even available as a deb. And it can now do > fill > > for fonts with wide strok

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 09/11/2014 08:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > I went looking for ttt and found an even newer version, on Chris's site at > timeguy.com. ttt-4.0 is even available as a deb. And it can now do fill > for fonts with wide strokes. The latest version of ttt (TrueType-Tracer) is available from the de

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 September 2014 22:28:36 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: > On Thursday 11 September 2014 21:04:25 dave did opine > > And Gene did reply: > > Hi Gene, > > > > This not life critical but simply supposed to be a sign: > > > > 3" x 6" x 1/8 Al ...6061 that I get at the scrap

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 September 2014 21:04:25 dave did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi Gene, > > This not life critical but simply supposed to be a sign: > > 3" x 6" x 1/8 Al ...6061 that I get at the scrap place. > > I want to make a sign that says, in letters approx 1.25 " high > "BUSY". This goes on

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 September 2014 21:04:25 dave did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi Gene, > > This not life critical but simply supposed to be a sign: > > 3" x 6" x 1/8 Al ...6061 that I get at the scrap place. > > I want to make a sign that says, in letters approx 1.25 " high > "BUSY". This goes on

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread dave
Hi Gene, This not life critical but simply supposed to be a sign: 3" x 6" x 1/8 Al ...6061 that I get at the scrap place. I want to make a sign that says, in letters approx 1.25 " high "BUSY". This goes on a chain at our island summer retreat to hint to people coming down the path that the nec

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 11 September 2014 14:16:44 dave did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi John, > Thanks for the recommendations. I probably has tried that in thrashing > around but carefully trying it didn't make and difference. > > I finally realized in my dumbhead fashion that qcad was not loaded. > I've

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread dave
Hi John, Thanks for the recommendations. I probably has tried that in thrashing around but carefully trying it didn't make and difference. I finally realized in my dumbhead fashion that qcad was not loaded. I've tried it from time to time but it just wasn't my style. So.. downloaded and insta

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2014-09-11 Thread John Thornton
Did you click Recalculate then Send to Clipboard? Works for me. JT On 9/10/2014 10:50 AM, dave wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to run engrave-11.py and although it comes up and I can fill > in the parameters I want I seem to get no output. > > Ubuntu 10.04 LTS > Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Feb 27

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-04 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 06:29 PM 11/3/2008, you wrote: >Hello Everyone > >Oh boy I really seem to have a knack of not doing things right. > >I've downloaded 'engrave-11.py' - should add here on my windows computer. >Windows adds a few lines to the top of the downloaded file. Will these cause >a problem? > >Anyway I del

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-03 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Lawrence Glaister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2008 03:23 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py see below... On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 03:02 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip... > Oh dear - "F

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-03 Thread Lawrence Glaister
see below... On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 03:02 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip... > Oh dear - "Font File(Qcad.cxf)" the adjacent box is all red, do I need Qcad? > I did download 'cxf_fonts.tgz' but I don't have the foggiest what to do with > it, or where to put it. So can you please help me here. >

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-03 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Lawrence Glaister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2008 01:56 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py Hi Dave, I have several suggestions for downloading if you right click on the link, you should be able

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-03 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Emory Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2008 01:56 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py Try using a text editor such as 'PSPad'. It will respect extensions and line endings. About the only thi

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-03 Thread Lawrence Glaister
Hi Dave, I have several suggestions for downloading if you right click on the link, you should be able to "save link as" to save the file in a proper format for your OS. You can also cut and paste it from the browser window. If you are using it with axis and emc2, the web page where you downloa

Re: [Emc-users] engrave-11.py

2008-11-03 Thread Emory Smith
Try using a text editor such as 'PSPad'. It will respect extensions and line endings. About the only thing notepad is fit for is deletion. If you must use notepad, quote the filename in "Save As...". On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 17:29, Dave Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone > > Oh bo