FastCam 7 adding text not working in nest

Jayden Abduramanoski shared this question 9 months ago
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Hi All Recently bought a CNC Machine and came with Fastcam 7 CD and Red dongle. i somewhat figure out how to design what i want but cant seem to set it up to cut out letters.


am i missing something ?

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Hi Jayden,

Can you let me know what is your FastCAM Dongle number? it will be written on the dongle.

Also, with FastCAM 7 & 8, to output text, like you have it there, you need to have a text marking process. However, from what you said, it sounds like you'd rather cut the letters. If that's the case, might I recommend having a look at FontGEN:

https://www.fastcam.com/fontgen.html

As this will allow you to design text, and then add it to your drawing (using the Blocks > Read Block). Which can then be cut.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Alex

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hi Alex,


dongle number is 09927092.

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Thanks Jayden. How did you go with the generating of Fonts?

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Hi Alex,


I ended up just drawing to logo, as I’m only trying out the program first before I start putting money into it. Thankyou for your help and quick response

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Not a worry Jayden. If you are planning on doing a lot of signage or graphics work, I would highly recommend having a look at FastCAM 8 also, as it has a lot of improvements around those tasks:

https://www.fastcam.com/fastcam-nc-editions.html

Cheers,

Alex

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Hi Alex,


i have tried purchasing the font gen, but card seems to be declining. is there another way i can purchase this ?

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do i need an australian version ?

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Hi Jayden,

The store is international, based in the US. So when the cards decline, it is usually due to that. You could call up your bank to allow the transaction, that often works.


If you would like however, we can offer to do an invoice for you. Please send your details to my email:

alex.fagan@fastcam.com.au

And I can assist with that method also. Though it is a lot slower this way, so might be faster to call the bank. Leave the decision to you!

Cheers,

Alex

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