engraving question

shopvak · Feb 22, 2010

I'm looking for advice on engraving. I have some small parts to engrave with some kind of fancy lettering on my VMC. I need to, or would like to use SolidWorks for this. It seems that it would be best if the font text was just a single line, that the ball endmill could trace. I can't find default text that is not enclosed.

Any idea's on this? TIA

Jay

Rstewart · Feb 22, 2010

What software are you planning on using to output the G-code? You could draw it up in SW and import that into MasterCam (favorite), or various other CAM programs.

Mud · Feb 22, 2010

Google for these fonts -

Simplex
SWSimp
SWMono
SWTxt

and one should work for you. Also, Camworks has a font called camworks.ttf that will work if you can find it somewhere online. Alternately you can download a font editor and change another font into one that has only an outline, I did that when I had to engrave Times Roman on some parts.

shopvak · Feb 22, 2010

Thanks guy's. The CAM I'm using is HSMworks. I guess the font would be some kind of stick font.

I'll dig around.

doug6949 · Feb 22, 2010

If it's a flat surface you could use Desk Engrave (freeware).

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