Second, there are extra lines that are connecting the letters that I want to remove. Where do I correct this error? In Corel or SheetCam?. I have a file (Bass Freak 1-1.dxf) that is not showing up correctly in SheetCam and I want to ask what I can do to fix it.įirst of all, the drawing is so far from the work-space that it is barely visible. I am new at this so I'm sure I need some guidance. I have followed the steps from the first post and it seemed to work. dxf, load into SheetCam and post to Mach3. I have had some success with engraving before. I then selected the layer, and the tool of choice (engraving bit) and set the depth, and then Posted the file to Mach3! The engravings are beautiful! The steps I used, are as follows:ġ-Using the Text tool in CorelDRAW, I typed in the desired textĢ-I selected the text, and changed the Font to Edwardian Script (any font you desire which is installed on your system works here).ģ-I then selected the text, and converted to Artistic Text format, and Grouped it together.Ĥ-I selected Convert to Bitmap from the Bitmaps menuĥ-I selected the Trace option, Centerline Trace, Technical drawingĦ-I exported the selected result as a HPGL PLT fileħ-I opened the file from Laz圜AM's Open Vector File option, and selected HPGL PLT as the format The Trace utility available in X4 features a Centerline, Technical drawing option. While composing a CDR file to send to Corel's Jeff Harrison about macros for use in CorelDRAW, I came across a work-around for this problem. This poses a problem, because the lines used to construct the font are so close together, that instead of a delicately detailed engraving, you end up with a largely unrecognizable hole being carved into the wood! If you have ever tried to import files containing text into Laz圜AM, I am sure that you have experienced the problem this poses: the font used will invariably come in as an Outline of the actual font. I recently upgraded to version X4 of CorelDRAW, and was using it to create artwork for engraving with my CNC Router. But, I really didn’t try hard to recreate the problem–just moved ahead waiting for it to happen again–it didn’t.I have made an amazing discovery, which I wanted to share with everyone who is using CorelDRAW. But, I can’t just define a group and indicate I want the maximum y location of that group.Īdmittedly, I have just used Sketchup for 3D drawing, so some of the things that seem inconvenient in SU may never show up while doing a 2D design, So, maybe if I did the 3D drawing using separate 2D SU files, rather than doing it all in 3D space, it would be just as convenient as using CorelDraw.Īnyway, I haven’t figured out why I had that one instance where the exported DXF didn’t seem to match what was in CorelDraw. In SU, I can use the tape measure to make guidelines, then use the mouse to drag objects or groups of objects “abeam” the guideline. You don’t have to be careful to click on the group or object at the correct point before doing the move. There’s “domino like” icon that remains checked that specifies where on the object/group the specified location should apply. Then objects, or groups of objects can be positioned with their center, or top, or bottom, bottom left, bottom right (etc) at a specific x, y location. One of the most useful features in CD is the ability to drag the origin to any location. There are features in CD that aren’t easy to replicate in SU (at least that I can determine). I still think using CorelDraw for the 2D work is better. “Join curves” can easily bridge the small gaps, but I bothered to find the gaps and fix them to help gather insight on why I was having trouble that one time.Īs I was continuing the work, I was thinking about how this process compared to doing the 2D work in Sketchup. “Combining” the segments in CD makes a single curve, but not necessarily a closed shape (I didn’t realize this). But, the endpoints of the segments must coincide or overlap for an closed shape. So, unless you zoom in very far, the line segments can look like they touch. But, it was because there were line segments in perimeter of the enclosing shape that didn’t quite touch.Įven with the line widths set to “hairline” in CorelDraw, they are still displayed with finite width. I did have a few instances where make faces wouldn’t work. dxf That’s after successfully importing, exploding, “facing”, and “pulling” around 100 dxf files. I haven’t had any more issues like I was seeing on that one. Just to follow up, in case someone else might find this useful…
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