For those of you who have a laser, whatfont(s) are you using that work well with a laser? All thestencil fonts I have found are not too appealing orprofessional. I've been searching for awhile and usually justmodify the model in SW but that is not very efficient. Justwondering what others do.
Yea, I know what you mean. It's hard tospend a half hour on modifying text on a $20 part. Not aproblem on the expensive stuff. I just do it in SW thenmanually edit my dxf file for the laser. My laser operatormanually did my last one but I about died when she said she spent 2hours on two words, ouch! No profit there. Laser guysmust do this everyday, how do you all do it! I'm surprised Ican't find something. I'm about to buy some font editingsoftware just so I have a quiver of laser ready fonts. Ican't afford spending even a couple minutes changing a 'B' to laserfriendliness. Good thing I haven't had to laser 'baboon' orsomething.
This is how I've been creating a series of numbers in parts. It seems to work all right.
Anyone know if there's a "stencil" font yet, in SW?
Perfect!
That is exactly what I've been looking for.
Thanks Ben for pointing me in the right direction.
Thanks for posting those fonts, Tim! I have scoured the internet for this type of font, but the ones I found were either not single line, or else really ugly. I'm talking to you, Autocad fonts...
other fonts - similar to stencil
http://www.fontspring.com/similar/fontsite/glaser-stencil
http://www.identifont.com/similar?6VV
http://www.fonts101.com/search/GLASER+STENCIL
other topic - https://forum.solidworks.com/message/312207 with instuctions how to use.
hi,
if you are working with trutops then go for this fonts
tc_laser script.ttf
tc_lasersans.ttf
With SW2014 you can use stick fonts when applying sketch text to parts or assemblies for laser engraving, water jet, and for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining.
That's right. With SolidWorks 2014 single line fonts can now be used for engraving, milling, laser cutting, etc. One font called 'OLF SimpleSansOC Regular' is included with SW2014. The OLF stands for OneLineFonts.com where additional OLF typefaces that work in SolidWorks can be found.
I hope everyone enjoys & appreciates this new capability. Any feedback or requests regarding the typefaces I provide on my website is appreciated.
When I did laser engraving at my previous place of employment I created the alphabet using the Roman S font (single line) in AutoCAD, traced each letter capital and lower case and saved a file with it. I then could then copy the letters from that file to make up whatever I needed. It took a little time to do initially but it was worth it in the long run.
Chris
I don't doubt that numerous people have done exactly that to solve this particular dilemna. I even considered creating font sets where people could do just that, take the polyline letters created in a DWG or similar file and copy and paste them to form the text needed.
I have managed to create text 3 different ways as TTF files so that 1 of the 3 formats should work in most programs. The optimal format that I developed, that SolidWorks has adjusted their software to recognize & properly render, uses single curved polylines that will be traced once and lift minimally during the production process.
I do a lot of plasma cutting and it works same way as laser... I use any kind font I decide and just add some lines where the midle need to stay, used SW to do a cut, but it kept the outline only... gave up and keep using mastercam to do it..
I do quite a few jobs with lettering in on our CNC plasma and I use TC Laser font for the majority of this, it may not be the best font but it is acceptable for most of my requirements.
I use a font from the internet "Stencil Gothic JL" which suits our needs for laser cut stencils. Search for "Stnclgot.ttf". It's worth downloading and trying out and is free.
I came across this font "Stencil Round Ends" today while looking for a "millable" stencil font. It may be of use to someone.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/creativejuncture/stencil-round-ends/
Thanks for the plug since I designed Stencil Round Ends.
I designed it while developing a single line stencil font, which is simply called 'Stencil' on my website. I also offer 'Stencil Round Ends' (non-single line) on OneLineFonts.com which is a representation of what the single line 'stencil' font looks like after being milled.
You may even want to create and save your own custom stencilfont.