The McGregors

[sblackburn]

Hey there again!
I've been asked to burn something out for my uncle. It's actually for him to give to give to a fellow that helped with his back yard project. I figured I'd come straight to you first, your ideas are pretty bang on. He's looking for a sign that says " The McGregors" . I was wondering if there was any way of placing this in some kind of beach scene, with maybe a setting sun, palm trees, a beach, something along those lines. Not sure if this is possible and I know it would require time that might not be there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hope all is good Gary! Thanks!!

 

[SignTorch]

not possible....

 

[sblackburn]

Good Morning Gary!
Wow! Bang on! My phone beeped yesterday after work, saw it was a reply, turned the truck around and back to the shop. Not to my surprise with the program I use, the import was terrible. Knowing your files are smooth and flawless it forced me to figure this program out. After 2 years, I think I finally found the magic combination for this program. Changed a few parameters and bang it imported great!! The picture shows a before and after, The other import fails were even worse, but got it finally! This will blow him away! He asked for a few things and described it to me with his hands what he was thinking and you nailed it! VERY much appreciated!!!! Going to send him the file before I cut it, and I'll be talking to him about the price. It's for my uncle so the cut work is free, but the price I give him will be headed to the conation button. MANY thanks!!! Great work once again! I'll post the finished project as soon as it's done!! Thanks!!

 

[sblackburn]

Forgot to mention "Not possible" was all I could read on my phone. After importing I had a good laugh, very possible for you!! Thanks!

 

[SignTorch]

in the bottom picture, it looks like kerf compensation was applied before the whole drawing was scaled up - since I'm accustomed to drawing around 8" across - it needs to be scaled up first and then kerf compensation should be applied

if your program applies kerf compensation automatically on import then that is what's wrong - it should allow you to import, then adjust the size and do any customization - and then apply kerf compensation as the very last step

if your cutting software does not allow scaling before kerf compensation - then you'd want to scale it beforehand in a CAD program like draftsight - where it must be scaled proportionally in order to preserve the arcs - then it depends on which DXF version is used - and on which software is used - because different software does different things with different DXF versions - at that point there is no single or certain combination of choices that works for everyone every time

 

[SignTorch]

Forgot to mention "Not possible" was all I could read on my phone. After importing I had a good laugh, very possible for you!! Thanks!

sorry about that - I didn't think that through -

 

[sblackburn]

No worries, when I saw not possible I though maybe it was a tricky job, but then I got to a computer and saw it and was blown away! Many thanks!! Great job!

 

[jessbray91]

Would there be any chance in using this same design as above except changing the wording to say happy days?

I am after a DXF file if at all possible.