Single line font for cad11/7/2022 ![]() This year we are taking you back to school with our SOLIDWORKS Training Focused agenda! In addition to covering What's New in SOLIDWORKS 2014, we have 7 unique lecture style training experiences for you. The CATI Design Innovation Summit is an interactive learning experience focused on helping you design and make better products. To see what else is new in SOLIDWORKS 2014, please click here. I look forward to hearing the response of the industry to see if this new stick font provides the SolidWorks user with a viable solution to the issue. ![]() Use the OLFSimpleSansOC Regular font for all stick fonts. Stick fonts are also called single line, stroke, or open loop fonts. You also have the option of selecting any truetype fonts loaded on your system for this function, but those may not engrave well. The fonts that say (drafting) are single line fonts. In the Choose Font dialog box, under Font, select the OLF SimpleSansOC font. I cant help with the Autocad explode thing, but if you are running mastercam, the function Create/NextMenu/Letters creates engraveable letters. When you are entering text in a sketch, simply click Font. All you have to do is add your text using the new font choice. Open Path Format (OPF) These letters do not have any outlines at all Like the name implies, they are are 'single line fonts', also called 'stick fonts', 'single-stroke fonts' or 'journaling fonts'. Finally, you will not need a work around. SolidWorks has licensed a Simple Sans stick font that will be included in SOLIDWORKS 2014. SolidWorks continues to listen to its customers by adding new features based on their requests. Although SOLIDWORKS supports all true type fonts, the work around was more or less a do at your own risk type of solution. Some fonts are free, but others you have to purchase. I have come across camworks.ttf and DPS Schrift Single.ttf. SolidWorks users have to search the internet for single line fonts and manually add them to their computer. Up to this point, there has only been a do it yourself workaround. ![]() This is great for cut-extrudes, but it is not great for an engraving or CNC path. Most true type fonts show up as two lines outlining each letter. I just had another support call this week with the same question again. A complaint that we have received over the years is that SolidWorks users need a font that is a single line versus the outline of the text. ![]()
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