Trouble withText for Engraving to GCode

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22 Mar 2010 11:15 - 26 Mar 2010 09:24 #2408 by kor
Hi,
I want to konvert a String with a truetypefont to gcode. I tried the truetype-tracer which works fine but I couldn't find an option to specify the size. Is there a way to scale the gcode, or specify the size of the font.
Secondly I tried using Deskengrave for windows which is a wunderful easy tool but it only gives dxf and nc files which can't be read by emc. Is there a way to convert them?
The third trial I did was using Inkspace and the gcode converter. I got an error msg and no gcode:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/gcode_tools.py", line 38, in <module>
_ = inkex._
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_'

hope someone can help me
or if someone can tell me a way to convert a ttf string in g-code with a specified size(letter or string size)
thx
Last edit: 26 Mar 2010 09:24 by kor.

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09 Apr 2010 15:57 #2551 by leapapi
Hello,

the generated ngc program from truetype-tracer has parameters in every line after the X123*#1 and Y456*#1. In the header of this programm is one line in which you can define this parameter like this #1=123.456 this is your scale factor.

good luck

sorry for my english I'm german

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09 Apr 2010 22:05 #2558 by kor
So I just open the ngc file with a texteditor and change the parameter #1?
Is there a list with all the parameters and what they mean?
Thanks for the help.

You can answer in german if you like too.

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10 Apr 2010 11:20 #2563 by BigJohnT
Most configs have the editor set up so you can open it up in Axis after you load it. Then you just save your edit and reload to see the changes.

John

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