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How to obtain the interior of my letter cutout from a plan?

You want to have text cut out of a metal plate from a DXF file, but your font isn't a "stencil" type? The cuts to be made don't allow you to keep all the useful pieces? You need to recover the inside of your letter or number cut-out because you have a specific use for it in your project? It is entirely possible to obtain these cut-outs by following a very specific process.

What usually happens with letter cutting?

When you have lettering cut out, the inside of some letters falls out during the laser cutting process. Indeed, this inner part is not attached to any other piece and is therefore considered scrap by the laser.
For example, this is the case with the letter "o": the central part of the "o" (in red) is not connected to the main piece. It will therefore fall onto the scrap bed towards recycling. Other letters are affected by this phenomenon: a/A, e, d/D, p/P, q/Q, R, g, b/B. The same applies to numbers (6, 9, etc.).

Even if you think you could eventually go digging in the scrap bin (good luck!), the inside of your piece is not recoverable or usable in the proper sense. In reality, during cutting, the laser performs what is called the starting point, which it does at the heart of this part considered as scrap. This part is not whole and may have cut marks. It is therefore not aesthetic at all.

What solution is there to remedy this?

There is a trick to compensate for this phenomenon. We will explain what the solution is. When creating your DXF file, you need to copy the inner cut-out of each letter or number and then paste these selected inner cut-outs into a new .dxf file. You will then have two different .dxf files. The first containing the piece in which the text will be cut out. The second containing only the parts that were considered scrap. This second file will allow the laser to consider these parts as complete pieces rather than scrap.

Here is a very concrete example. In the case where you would like to have your company name cut out of a metal plate:

The inside of the cut-outs would then be scrap, and the final result would be unsightly. Therefore, it is necessary to recreate the central parts for later reassembly.

Prepare 1 file containing the main cut-out.
Then, prepare another file containing the central part of the letters or numbers affected by the issue.
Drag and drop the two .dxf files onto John Steel DXF and finalize your order by choosing the metal, its type, the thickness, and the desired quantity.

Thanks to this method, you will be able to obtain the inner cut-outs of your letters or numbers simply and efficiently. You will no longer need to make a specific request on this subject. You thus gain autonomy in carrying out your custom metal cutting projects.

We remain available in any case for your questions!

contact@john-steel.com

See you soon 🙂

John

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By: Marquet On 2021-05-15

Je recherche plaque fer rouillée et faire des découpe de lettre pour une inscription, est ce votre domaine ou pouvez vous m’indiquer qui peut le faire. , cordialement Jean paul Marquet

Replied by: John Steel On 2021-06-07 Bonjour cher Steelster,
Nous ne proposons pas de plaque de métal rouillée dans notre gamme mais nous avons peut-être un acier qui pourrait correspondre à votre besoin. Nous avons un acier dit acier corten qui avec le temps s'oxyde pour avoir un effet de rouille.
Voici un article qui permettra de vous exposer ce qu'il est possible d'avoir comme résultat après quelques semaines : https://www.john-steel.com/fr/blog/conseils-metal/acier-rouille-corten.
Pour plus de renseignements, n'hésitez pas à prendre contact avec notre SteelTeam du Sav à cette adresse :sav@john-steel.com.
Bonne et bricoleuse journée,
Brigitte
By: Ludovic On 2021-02-18

Bonjour,
J'ai besoin de réaliser une plaque en acier ou autre à peindre épaisseur environ 2 mm sur 180 mm * 40 mm avec l'inscription suivante " Les Bureaux Nomades" et une deuxième plaque pour mettre en dessous de 180*40*2.
Merci par avance
Ludovic vaudoyer

Replied by: John Steel On 2021-02-22 Bonjour Ludovic,
Merci pour votre demande. Pour vous aiguiller au mieux, pour votre projet le mieux est de prendre contact avec notre Steelteam du SAV. Ils se feront un plaisir de vous aider dans la réalisation de votre projet. Vous pouvez entrer en contact avec eux via ce mail : contact@john-steel.com.
Bonne journée
John

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How to obtain the interior of my letter cutout from a plan?

What usually happens with letter cutting?

What solution is there to remedy this?

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