Originally Posted by hammerfinger  well may be I did something wrong with the macro but it did not help me too much. I have contacted the seller of my fonts and he promised me to check it out. So far I have not received a response......
But something else. In between I purchased the software :-))
If want to I engrave I found out that the machine does not mill in the material. The toolpaths are exactly on the surface of the letters. If I move the text for example .5 mm below Z than it works. In the engraving menu I can enter whatever numbers I want, the machine does not go deeper than where the text is located. Is this the way it should be od do I something wrong? Normally you select the text and tell the machine how deep it should go. This is not the case.
2.5d pocketing works on a 2d drawing, but not the engraving.
An other question, whre do I find out which version of Madcam I own.
Also, how is the machinig time calculated. The post processor tells me the part needs 2 minutes but the machine takes really about 2 hours. I assume it has something with the feedspeed in the tools- menu to do, but if I reduce the cutting speed, my machine goes too slow ant nedds even more time. So somewhere I have to change the ratio of the feedspeed, I guess, I am not an expert.
For future developments, it would be helpful to edit the toolpaths. If I did something wrong, like selected the wrong tool, I have to delete the layer and make all the selections and calculations from beginning on.
But least I am happy with the software. On 3d objects everything works fine, the toolpath stratey is very smart and the machine dos not perform many empty movements like on the software I had before. This is a success.
Have a nice one
Hammerfinger |
Hello Hammerfinger,
From that handle I assume you are/were a carpenter that used hammers!
I think I can help you with your problem. First, yes, the text needs to be at the depth you intend to cut, if you only need to engrave.
Attached is a zipped 3dm file that includes a portion of an engraving job I just finished with. The first part is set at the top of the surface, the middle is set to 0.040" below the surface and the last one is set to the top of the surface, but using 2d profiling with the "cut on curve" function selected, absolute position chosen and the top of the surface is -.250" with bottom of surface set to -.350", and then a .040" cut per pass. This gave me a much deeper cut using another strategy instead of cut along curve. I could have duplicated the cut along curve -.040" cut in this 2d sequence but chose to show you one more option Madcam offers.
I hope this helps. If you have any questions, let me know.
Mike