curving text.

[DanGeorgian]

before you say it, YES i watched the video, like 1000 times. did everything EXCATLY how he did it.
my text wont curve to fit the path. i click the text box then click on the line i want it to form to and it just types in a straight line. i tried drawing another circle to see if it was my design messing up but it did the same thing. any ideas?

 

[DanGeorgian]

if someone has an email i can send you a video of whats going on. (if necessary) the forum wont let me post the vid for some reason

 

[Torchmate]

Can you tell me what file type and how large the file is? I can help with getting the video posted.

 

[DanGeorgian]

my program saves it as an mp4 and its 45.7mb. im using the xbox screen thing. because i have windows 10 and the program i would like to use (which saves it as an avi file) doesnt say anything about operationg on windows 10.

 

[Torchmate]

Unfortunately the file size is too large for us to host it. I would suggest uploading it to youtube and posting a link.

Do you have the ProText upgrade for your TM CAD?

 

[DanGeorgian]

ok. i think so? im using v9.....

 

[DanGeorgian]

video of my issue.

 

[LECS Mark]

ok. i think so? im using v9.....

Curving text along a design is only possible with the ProText Module upgrade to Torchmate CAD. If you didn't make it a point to purchase it, it probably isn't included in your license.

You can call our parts department to purchase this software upgrade by calling them at 775-673-2200.

 

[DanGeorgian]

how do i figure out if i have it? and how much is it? and is there anywhere i can get a list of all the stuff ill need to (software or hardware) change my machine between doing router vs oxy torch vs plasma torch? and any cad packages or upgrades i need? and my boss is wondering if there is some sort of package with premade designs for the different heads (hes really interested in doing wood stuff with a router head)

 

[bigjoe]

I thought one could select each letter separate and place /space it along the arc. Seems like I have done this

 

[LECS-Chad]

Go to TRANSFORM. If you have FIT TEXT TO PATH/FIT TEXT TO ARC as options then you have Pro-text.

You can do it manually by creating the text. going to ARRANGE/TEXT TO GRAPHICS this will make your text a shape. now you can alter each letter individually.

 

[DanGeorgian]

Ok thanks again.

 

[Moparman68]

What sucks is this was included with the original torchmate cad full suite, when i upgraded to V9 it went away. Thanks a bunch!

 

[Arkansas Metal Art]

I’ve seen a couple others post about this issue over the last year or so. I can curve text with the free version of CAD Lite. I always assumed others just didn’t understand how to do it but it obviously doesn’t work in your video. Curious why my Lite version works?

 

[Kchoghead]

Do you need a dongle for cad lite? If so then it is not free... Torchmate has all of their software on the website for download, but you will still need a security dongle to run the software. I was one of the first few to get the Accumove 2 system with at that time the latest cad version 9. I was informed by torchmate that they took the curve to text option out of ver 9 .

 

[Arkansas Metal Art]

I have an orange dongle that works with Lite and I have a blue dongle for the full version. Both curve text. And I downloaded them both a few months ago since I got a new laptop. So I guess the dongle, not the software, dictates the curved font option?

 

[Kchoghead]

I also have an orange dongle for cad 9. I wonder if it would run a lesser version of cad that would curve text

 

[Arkansas Metal Art]

You know what. I took the pics I posted without even inserting the dongle.

 

[Arkansas Metal Art]

It just kicked me out shortly after.

 

[Kchoghead]

you can do a few clicks in my software without the dongle, but after that it kicks you out