Hi All
Discovered this during an 'error' I made while setting up a file in adobe illustrator cs5 - perhaps it's how it SHOULD work, but I don't think so
I export all my data from illustrator via dxf. To get there, I make sure that everything is ungrouped and compound paths are released. Added to this, I also ensure that text is converted to paths, ungrouped and again, any compound paths released - on top of that, you need to ensure that (if engraving) the centres are filled with white in letters that need it (abde etc.) - they turn black when the compound path is released. I use red for cutting, blue for marking (low power cut) and black for rastering.
I've used this all the time without issue - until I forgot to convert the text to paths and exported it via dxf - and the rastering continued to work !!!!! I still can't believe it and I don't understand how it is doing it - dxf format normally isn't friendly to text, and my text was on a circular path to compound the issue ! I use 'Autocad 2000, 16 colour, jpeg, preserve appearance' as the export options.
I'm extremely happy about this find, it saves me a
load of time - hopefully it will do that for others.
I haven't done any investigation other than changing the font to something oddball that wasn't on the 'PC' in case it was a coincidence - it worked fine, just accepting it as a bonus
This is where Tim chimes in and asks 'didn't you see that option in the manual?'
Cheers
Neil