AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
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Hello everyone. I'm using AP100 for assigning laser (FOM2) and the software does not process text(Alphabets have to be laser cut) files and drawings with too many splines. Sometimes it just wont work. I kindly request you to suggest a method to process these drawings( usually done in Corel Draw/autocad) If there is any trick, I kindly request you to share, I'm facing a lot of heat from my boss for rejecting orders.





RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
We just brake the spline in too shorter sections.
I don't know how to do it in ap100.
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
I use AP100 all the time for etching it works great. You have to be in the laser tooling to etch and in the tooling tab you need to select the etch text icon.
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
Also, our Laser cam is unheard of (FG-CADCAM) and the training only comes out of one location so I haven't ever been able to use it. So I have had to use GibbsCAM (our milling and lathe cam software) and convert the code manually to run on the laser. I don't know how small tolerance spline extractions effect your CAM software, but GibbsCAM hits every single point and makes years worth of code if I don't draw over the DXF in AutoCAD.
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
@jjl1210....Thanks for your replies.... can open it in cad and cannot put it to cam...same problem here...redraw as in retrace the splines? ...i did try that after your suggestion .. it works but the accuracy is affected ...besides i cannot do it for bigger programs.
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
I can't tell you how much time I've wasted looking for a solution to this problem and never finding an answer. Only to think I had to trace true lines and arcs over everything I do.
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
The simplest way for converting fonts to geometry is to use the TXTEXP command from Express Tools.
If you don't have Express Tools (or in AutoCAD LT), you can use the following sequence of commands and process your selected entities:
_WMFOUT myfile
_ERASE
_WMFIN myfile (scale 2x)
_EXPLODE
The WMF method works only for texts written in a SHX style (not for TrueType texts). For TrueType texts, first change the width factor to 0.999
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES
RE: AP100 TEXT AND COMPLEX SHAPES WITH A LOT OF SPLINES