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- | Text to CNC information and instructions | + | ====== |
- | The easiest way to generate G-code online for your engravings. | + | |
+ | =====The easiest way to generate G-code online for your engravings. | ||
With "Text to CNC" you can create a CNC program out of a text in seconds. No installation, | With "Text to CNC" you can create a CNC program out of a text in seconds. No installation, | ||
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We hope that this free tool will help you. | We hope that this free tool will help you. | ||
- | Step by step instructions: | + | - Type in the text you want in the box " |
- | 1. Type in the text you want in the box " | + | |
- | 2. Enter the height and width you want the text to have when it is converted to G-code. | + | |
- | If you choose a font that contains arcs, the width will be disabled. That's because texts containing real (G2/G3) arcs must maintain aspect ratio when resizing. | + | |
- | 3. In the box "Rapid height Z" enter the Z value that the cutter will go up to between the contours that forms the text. | + | |
- | 4. In the box " | + | |
- | 5. In the box " | + | - Click the button " |
- | 6. Select the font you want the text to have | + | - Your G-code wil now aper in the textbox. Click the "Save as." button to save it as a file, or copy the G-code direktly from the textbox |
- | 7. Click the button " | + | |
- | 8. Your G-code wil now aper in the textbox. Click the "Save as." button to save it as a file, or copy the G-code direktly from the textbox. | + | |
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- | [[Go to the Text to CNC webpage]] | + | |
- | [[http:// | + | |
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