converting a text into a polyline on dxf export

I don't think there is any easy way to do that with the Allegro toolset

I attempted to output text in a stream file ( gds2 format ), but the text handling of that interface is worse than the dxf interface

thank you for your response.

is there any way to convert a text into a line or a shape within allegro?

The Skill command axlText2Lines will help you do this.

thank you for your response

i am quite new on allegro so i still do not know how to work on skill.

do i need to create a program using axltext2lines?

Thanks to eDave for pointing out the use of that skill function, below is a transcript of using the example from the documentation:

Command > skill
last pick: 2767.00 3258.00
Skill > (load "d:/cadence/spb_16.6/share/pcb/examples/skill/ash-fxf/ashone.il")
t
Skill > text = ashOne("TEXT")
Enter selection point
Loading axlcore.cxt
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dbid:300809880
Skill > text->??
(prop nil bBox
((2764.0 2785.0)
(2870.0 3303.0)
) readOnly
t objType "text" layer "ETCH/BOTTOM"
xy
(2842.0 3300.0) text "EXAMPLE" textBlock
"19" rotation 90.0 parent nil
mirrorType "YES" isMirrored t justify
"LEFT" parentGroups nil
)
Skill > lines = axlText2Lines(text)
((_axlPath@0x124d1098 _axlPath@0x124d1068)
(_axlPath@0x124d10f8 _axlPath@0x124d10c8)
(_axlPath@0x124d1168 _axlPath@0x124d1138)
(_axlPath@0x124d11c8)
(_axlPath@0x124d1278)
(_axlPath@0x124d12b8)
(_axlPath@0x124d1338 _axlPath@0x124d1308)
)
Skill > (layer="ETCH/BOTTOM")
"ETCH/BOTTOM"
Skill > flattened = foreach( mapcan x lines x)
(_axlPath@0x124d1098 _axlPath@0x124d1068 _axlPath@0x124d10f8 _axlPath@0x124d10c8 _axlPath@0x124d1168
_axlPath@0x124d1138 _axlPath@0x124d11c8 _axlPath@0x124d1278 _axlPath@0x124d12b8 _axlPath@0x124d1338
_axlPath@0x124d1308
)
Skill > foreach(path flattened polys = axlPolyFromDB(path ?endCapType 'ROUND ?line2poly t) foreach(poly polys i = axlDBCreateShape(poly t layer nil nil)) )
(_axlPath@0x124d1098 _axlPath@0x124d1068 _axlPath@0x124d10f8 _axlPath@0x124d10c8 _axlPath@0x124d1168
_axlPath@0x124d1138 _axlPath@0x124d11c8 _axlPath@0x124d1278 _axlPath@0x124d12b8 _axlPath@0x124d1338
_axlPath@0x124d1308
)

I then used the shape>merge shapes to combine the shapes that compose each character together to reduce the drc count