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Hi@all,

i´am drawing some parts for oxy cutting it later on the machine. I´ve added text. The text should be also cuttable on the machine later. How can I realise it? Marking as the same layer? Or does the machine recognize text as text so that I cannot cut it?

greetz, blue!

Generic answer that might be helpful for other users also:

This depends of course a lot on the machine you are using.

Assuming that the machine accepts DXF input, you can probably simply load the DXF file produced by QCAD onto it.

If the machine does not support certain entity types (such as texts, hatches, splines, dimensions, ellipses), you can simply explode them into supported entity types (lines, arcs, polylines) with QCAD first:

- Select all
- Modify - Explode
- Check what entity types are left in your drawing:
- Select all
- Check contents of 'Selection' combo box in property editor (see attached screen shot).
- If there are sill unwanted entity types, repeat.

Note: exploding results in loss of precision for ellipses and splines:
- Ellipses are interpolated with arc segments which are close to the original ellipse but with an error.
- Splines are interpolated with line segments.