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New Sketch Function: Hershey Text
DavisCCR
OS Professional Posts: 7 ✭✭
Link to Hershey Text
I have seen a few improvement requests related to adding single line fonts for CNC engraving. After some research I found these 31 single line or "Hershey Fonts" available online here, and an explanation on how to decode them. I converted the data into a CSV for FeatureScript to interpret and tried to copy the behavior of skText() as best I could. The skHersheyText() function takes the same inputs aside from an additional "lineSpacing" which is lacking in skText(). I tried to make this a drop in replacement for easy integration with existing custom features.
This tester feature is just that. I am working on a more general Label Feature that will use this but it is not ready yet. I will also be publishing an Engrave Feature soon that will create the geometry a v-groove bit would on this text.
Hope this helps some people cleanly label their parts!
Comments
Very nice. Very handy.
As promised here is the new custom Engrave Feature.