font options?

[fokusco]

hello again everyone... Just wondering what letter engraving options I have without acess to MasterCAM. Is there a way I can program a different lettering style/font without a cam prog? any side progs that I can do this with? Used the search bar on the forum and it was not much help...

[djr76]

google spit this out

http://www.2linc.com/engraving_software.htm

or google free cad/cam or search for it here.

[nian_id]

If you mean without ANY software (like what djr76 suggested) the only way to have different fonts is to copy the engraving program and edit it. Every letter is a subroutine, my guess is it will be hell editing them manually.

[fokusco]

Originally Posted by nian_id If you mean without ANY software (like what djr76 suggested) the only way to have different fonts is to copy the engraving program and edit it. Every letter is a subroutine, my guess is it will be hell editing them manually.

... well i tried a few freeware options... not much luck. the only one that is truly free, that I found, is G-simple... Ended up finding our mastercam key at work so I am learning how to work that program... I really like it... nice and easy to use so far! thanks for the help and suggestions!


p.s. yeah i cannot imagine programming 1032 lines of G, without error, just to spell my freaking name haha

[nian_id]

Originally Posted by fokusco p.s. yeah i cannot imagine programming 1032 lines of G, without error, just to spell my freaking name haha

I didn't mean engraving the whole text with manual g-code. You can manually edit the code for each letter and then use them as always with g47

[panaceabea]

old thread I know but i thought I would attach this link for folks searching the archives in the future for engraving related topics , this software is free and works wonderfully

http://www.deskam.com/deskengrave.html

there is another great free program called "wrapper" that will allow you to rotate existing g-code files and wrap them around tubes etc if you have a 4th axis. the download link is on another cnc forum and I dont know if its acceptable to post links to other forums here but you can google wrapper 4th axis or similar and find it

[Geof]

Originally Posted by panaceabea old thread I know ... .......there is another great free program called "wrapper" that will allow you to rotate existing g-code files and wrap them around tubes etc if you have a 4th axis. ....

Not that old.

Regarding Wrapping, your Haas can do this all by its little self; did you know that? You can map X, Y or Z moves onto the A axis depending on the orientation of the rotary; it is called Cylindrical Mapping, G107.

[panaceabea]

much thanks, I will play with it as soon as I get a little free time