sageman
Plastic
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Lots of them out there for text but none for numerical. I guess what I'm looking for is a complete engraving program text & numerics
Chris.
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Steve Schliebe
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http://deskam.com/deskengrave.html
It's Free!!! You can produce code with this or save your text as DXF and import it to your own CAM system to produce code.
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It's Free!!! You can produce code with this or save your text as DXF and import it to your own CAM system to produce code.
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sageman
Plastic
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Ya thanks Steve but I got that one and it doesn't include numbers.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
MrTbolt64
Plastic
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- carroll, Ohio
www.mastercam.com
Though its not free, it does very nice engraving
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Though its not free, it does very nice engraving
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SIM
Titanium
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Wingraver is a fairly cheap piece of software and can do your basic STUFF. I think Travers Tool carries it for about a buck or so. I'd give ya mine but tossed it when I got Gibbs.
sageman
Plastic
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My bad gents....thanks to all!
speedwaymachine
Plastic
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What version of Deskam are you using to produce numbers and letters that does not expire in 30 days? I am new to the group and excited to have found this page. I have a small CNC shop I run out of my home part time. I look forward to sharing info ect. with ya'll in the future.
Rick
Rick
Zep
Aluminum
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- windsor, ontario, canada
millwrite will do what your asking plus more unfortunately its not free, but has a demo and not expensive
http://www.dimac.com.au/newproducts/millwrite_body.html
software will convert images, text etc. to cnc point to point code
http://www.dimac.com.au/newproducts/millwrite_body.html
software will convert images, text etc. to cnc point to point code
metlmunchr
Diamond
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- Asheville NC USA
Rick, I just read this thread this morning for the first time myself. Went to the deskam page from the link above and downloaded deskengrave. it says its free, and man is it simple to learn. took no more than 5 minutes to figure out how to use it and export a dxf which opened perfectly in my cam program. Thanks for the link guys.
44magfan
Plastic
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- New Carlisle
Hi all, have read post hear for a while, but this is first post.
What font have you found to work best? Just want plain straight line characters.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
What font have you found to work best? Just want plain straight line characters.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
WILLEO6709
Diamond
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- WAPELLO, IA USA
Gibbscam sends a font it developed, moorpark. It is a simple straight line font. You can engrave double line fonts, but they look best when large. small fonts look best single line.
speedwaymachine
Plastic
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44magfan,
I loaded the deskam and had code in a matter of minutes. It has a wide selection of fonts much like you can choose from in WORD. It really depends on the cutter you use as how it will look. A steep angle engraving cutter will give you a clean thin line where as a ball endmill will give you more of a bold print look. You will have to play with it to get the look you want. Try a small center drill with either Arial or Times Roman.
I loaded the deskam and had code in a matter of minutes. It has a wide selection of fonts much like you can choose from in WORD. It really depends on the cutter you use as how it will look. A steep angle engraving cutter will give you a clean thin line where as a ball endmill will give you more of a bold print look. You will have to play with it to get the look you want. Try a small center drill with either Arial or Times Roman.
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