Engraving item file name/# in Q-CAD?

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AdvancedIronBoi
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Engraving item file name/# in Q-CAD?

Post by AdvancedIronBoi » Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:58 pm

Hi,

I am also trying to engrave the item # (parts file name) into my pieces in Q-CAD/CAM. This would be a layered item.
Can you do that with this software? What would you all suggest?

Would appreciate any kind of input on this matter!

Thanks,

AdvancedIronboi

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Husky
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Re: Engraving item file name/# in Q-CAD?

Post by Husky » Thu Oct 15, 2020 7:45 pm

Hi,
AdvancedIronBoi wrote:
Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:58 pm
I am also trying to engrave the item # (parts file name) into my pieces in Q-CAD/CAM. This would be a layered item.
Can you do that with this software?
Sure - any text is possible ....
I've a hard time to understand what you mean with with the term "layered item". EVERY entities in a CAD program like QCAD/CAM is associated to a specific layer. There is no such thing like the item is layered or not layered ...
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Re: Engraving item file name/# in Q-CAD?

Post by AdvancedIronBoi » Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:44 pm

Hi Husky,

Thanks for the response! I understand every item is layered. My question is, could I prompt the software to automatically insert a text associated with the file name for the part? I already know I can manually enter text data
I would appreciate any kind of input!
Thanks

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Re: Engraving item file name/# in Q-CAD?

Post by Husky » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:32 pm

AdvancedIronBoi wrote:
Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:44 pm
My question is, could I prompt the software to automatically insert a text associated with the file name for the part?
No, not out of the box.
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