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converting a text into a polyline on dxf export

masamasa
masamasa over 6 years ago

hello

is there any way i can convert a text to a polyline when exporting a design file as a dxf file?

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  • DavidJHutchins
    DavidJHutchins over 6 years ago

    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

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  • DavidJHutchins
    DavidJHutchins over 6 years ago

    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

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  • masamasa
    masamasa over 6 years ago in reply to DavidJHutchins

    thank you for your response.

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

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  • eDave
    eDave over 6 years ago in reply to masamasa

    The Skill command axlText2Lines will help you do this.

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  • masamasa
    masamasa over 6 years ago in reply to eDave

    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?

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