you have to explode the text so it is just a bunch of lines, then add inside and outside cuts where you need them.

also, you may need to edit the lines a little before adding cut lines, some letters have overlapping lines that will confuse the outline generator.

 

cutting text is a little specialized and not really part of making RC planes which was the focus of Michaels video which I list in my signature.
I have just made a little video for you.

in summary, you need to create 2D text, explode it to get access to the lines, phlatten it to create faces, then you can add cut lines.

Please also read the SketchUcam help, click the blue question mark in the toolbar.

 

Hi David
What capture program are you using ? I'm using Fraps myself but my vid's aren't that smooth
Thanks for the new training videos ... I already know how to do all this but they will surely help the newcomers

 

PS: Looks like SKP 7 ?

 

I think it is called 'free screen to avi' or similar, it is on my office pc so I can make videos for the staff to answer the FAQ's.
I'll send you the complete name tomorrow.

 

sk8 - still the best (-:
I do test Sketchucam on Sketchup 2014 and 2015, but I develop new code on SK8 since it uses an older version of Ruby, if it works there it works on the newer ones too.

 

Changing z axis from + to - should cure this issue.

 

Thanks David.......
I have some Tut's But because of the hesitation's in my vids i feel there not really usable

 

I'll have to do a video of my process tomorrow but basically that is not 3D
(I look at 3D as things with curves in the Z direction, everything else is a collection of 2.5D cuts).

I will do that shape as 2 cuts, generated from 2 drawings in one sketchup file.
the first one be a bunch of pockets that will cut away the stuff that is not the raised square.
the second one will drill the hole , and cut the outline of the block, assuming the material is bigger than the result.
then I will use the joiner tool to join the 2 gcode files together so they cut as one.

while the drawing may take a little longer, the Gcode will cut much faster than any 3D cut not generated by some very expensive software like SolidCAM.

also have a look at this old thread where I did a similar process for a multi-level part....
http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/generating-gcode-for-3d-object.3322/

(as for documentation..... there is the help (big blue question mark on toolbar), and then there is this forum where everything has been discussed at some point or another, and then there are a bunch of Youtube videos mentioned in the 'download' thread along with the install instructions, and now I am doing short videos to explain things as needed. to me the critical part is reading the help, you have to know what tools you have on hand before you can put them together to achieve what you want to do.)

 

Well . You do know best how to do it .
But for me making a negative works OK i guess??

Now you have me wondering
Looking forward to the clip !

 

Here is a video to describe how I would do that object

I have chosen a material thickness of 20mm.
The material size is 70x120mm and the object ends up being 50x100mm, mostly 10mm thick with a 10mm high rectangle on top, and a 10mm diameter hole.

This video nicely illustrates how one can easily get things in the wrong order, note that cut file 3 should be cut before cut file 2 since 2 cuts through the material and without tabs it will come loose before 3 can do its job.