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Text in Sketchup

Discussion in 'Sketchup Help' started by crash5050, Feb 20, 2010.

  1. crash5050

    crash5050 Member

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    I know this must be an easy thing to do, but I cannot figure it out. I have created an emergency stop box in cambam, but I would like to be able to mangalize it. links to instructions would be cool.

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    The manglerizer uses the header text (material and bit size stuff at the top of the gcode) that the phlatscript uses. I would think if you edit your gcode to include that same amount of text then the manglerizer should work with it.
     
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    Cambam output is backward from the phlatprinter, I would have to do a lot of editing.
     
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    Can you output from cambam as a dxf and then bring it into sketchup? That way you could flatten it and work the parts up right there. Other wise you could out put the code from cambam and reverse the motor (z) in mach3 and run it like that.
    These may work
    Mark
     
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    I can get them into DFX format, but they are huge...
     
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    Import the dxf (even if it is huge). Scale the file on a known dimension with the tape measure tool. Do this by selecting the tape measure tool. Click on one point of a known dimension, then click on the next point. Look in the lower right hand box where it shows the dimension, it's gonna be a big number. Type in what that dimension is suppose to be and press enter. Viola, your dxf is now scaled to the right dimension ready to apply the phlatscript and manglerize it.
     
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    David we sent you an email, if you would like I will look at this file and do my best to help you out with it.
    Mark
     

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