has anyone done this? if so, kindly share the set-up please.
When I needed to make the dial for my locking register calipers ( Shapeoko CNC Router, Rigid, Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable )
I did it as a vector drawing which I then converted into a character in a font which I then set in F-Engrave.
If the text is reasonably short, you should be able to do this. Alternately, F-engrave will accept DXF and pixel image files (though it then auto-traces the latter) — there are a number of DXF export options for Inkscape, and it’s that which the author suggests: Open Source V-Carving - Page 13
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I have been doing quite a bit of Inkscape to F-Engrave. My workflow adds in GIMP as an intermediate step as follows:
Inkscape to create text/geometry > export as .png file > open that file with GIMP > export as .pgm file > import that .pgm file into F-Engrave.
This has worked quite well - I have been v-carving some key chain pendants/fobs and needed an oval around the text.
I started using the .pgm format because I wasn’t able to get the .png files to open, and I didn’t bother messing around to figure out why.
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