jshoes51
01-14-2009, 10:32 AM
I'm trying to make a sign with raised letters about 1/4" higher than the background material. The text is on two lines and reads "Ocean Acres". The "O" and the "A" are oversized letters, and the O is superimposed over the A in such a way that the bottom of the oval shaped O creates the crossbar in the A.
When I make a 3d object out of the text, all of the letters stand out the 1/4", but the intersection of the O and the A is getting carved down the 1/4" in the 3d view. If I try to weld the selected vectors, I highlite the A (which is all one vector) and both the inner and outer vectors of the O, but then I keep losing the whole upper part of the A that is within the O.
What am I missing? There must be a way to do this.
Related question: can I do this in vcarve pro? When I highlite the outer border of the sign shape and the letter vectors and do a pocket toolpath, it carves the inner portion of the letter vectors instead of the areas outside the letters.
Thanks
Jim
When I make a 3d object out of the text, all of the letters stand out the 1/4", but the intersection of the O and the A is getting carved down the 1/4" in the 3d view. If I try to weld the selected vectors, I highlite the A (which is all one vector) and both the inner and outer vectors of the O, but then I keep losing the whole upper part of the A that is within the O.
What am I missing? There must be a way to do this.
Related question: can I do this in vcarve pro? When I highlite the outer border of the sign shape and the letter vectors and do a pocket toolpath, it carves the inner portion of the letter vectors instead of the areas outside the letters.
Thanks
Jim