Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G code Generator

2015-10-15 Thread Ron Ginger
Reverse the direction of one stepper motor. This is a common setup problem where someone reports their machine makes mirror image parts. ron ginger On 10/15/2015 1:22 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Gregg Eshelman <g_ala...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G code Generator

2015-10-15 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/14/2015 11:24 PM, linden wrote: > I think this may do a mirror for you It is my pile of things to try that > I haven’t got to yet > https://github.com/bkubicek/grecode I've no way to compile that. So I posted the github site in this thread.

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G code Generator

2015-10-14 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/14/2015 2:34 PM, John Thornton wrote: > I'm writing a DXF to G code generator > in golang for fun. At this point it will take a profile sort though it > then spit out a .ngc file. It's very basic at this time. I'm looking for > someone to do some pre alpha

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G code Generator

2015-10-14 Thread linden
I think this may do a mirror for you It is my pile of things to try that I haven’t got to yet https://github.com/bkubicek/grecode On 15-10-15 12:47 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On 10/14/2015 2:34 PM, John Thornton wrote: >> I'm writing a DXF to G code generator

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Dave
For plasma or basic waterjet cutting I think that Sheetcam is very hard to beat. If you find one that is open source that works, let us know. I looked for quite a while and in the end was happy to pay the $165 or so for Sheetcam. There is a Linux version of Sheetcam also so if you are doing

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Igor Chudov
Dave, can Sheetcam do basic 2.5 D milling (such as drilling holes, pocketing etc). i On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: For plasma or basic waterjet cutting I think that Sheetcam is very hard to beat. If you find one that is open source that works, let us know.  I

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Leslie Newell
Yes, it will perform all of the normal 2.5D milling functions. Les On 11/10/2010 17:23, Igor Chudov wrote: Dave, can Sheetcam do basic 2.5 D milling (such as drilling holes, pocketing etc). -- Beautiful is writing

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Igor Chudov
Can it do, say, conical or spherical pockets? And does it work under Ubuntu 10.04? Thanks Les. i On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk wrote:  Yes, it will perform all of the normal 2.5D milling functions. Les On 11/10/2010 17:23, Igor Chudov wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 21:26 +1300, Marshland Engineering wrote: Can anyone recommend a goo DXF to G-Code converter? Lower cost would be great. It is for a plasma cutter so I need to order the cutting sequences. ... snip In case it might be of interest:

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Bryce Johnson
There is the linux version, but that tends to lag behind the windows version a bit. I found that running the windows version under wine works very well. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote: Can it do, say, conical or spherical pockets? And does it work under

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Leslie Newell
It won't currently do conical or spherical pockets. The Linux version should run under Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit but several people have had problems. I haven't yet found out why. However the Windows version runs quite nicely under Wine. Les On 11/10/10 18:25, Igor Chudov wrote: Can it do, say,

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code

2010-10-11 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Igor, Sheetcam is perfect for the type of 2.5 D maching you are talking about. http://homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=7products_id=9 Cheers, Peter. Igor Chudov wrote: Dave, can Sheetcam do basic 2.5 D milling (such as drilling holes, pocketing etc). i

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code.

2010-06-23 Thread Speaker To-Dirt
Hi All: So I'm going through the various g-code generators out there, and I have to say, I'm not getting the greatest results. I'm using Alibre to generate my DXF files. I'm just curious as to what you folks use any suggestions or insights? Andrew

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code.

2010-06-23 Thread Andy Pugh
On 23 June 2010 08:22, Speaker To-Dirt speaker_2_d...@yahoo.com wrote:   So I'm going through the various g-code generators out there, and I have to say, I'm not getting the greatest results. I'm using Alibre to generate my DXF files. I'm just curious as to what you folks use any suggestions

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/14/2010 11:17 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: snip This would work if you copied all the .py files of the program to Not necessarily. It's all about scripts architecture, library path, etc. It's always bad practice to jam a bunch of files under common bin directory for two reasons: clutter

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Nicolas HENRY
If you like Inkscapte try gcodtools... http://p2trc.emv2.com/HS?a=DNX7Cqkmrkgs8SA9MKJP3a_nGHxKLJ3NrgqH Le lundi 14 juin 2010, Mark Thomas a écrit : On Monday, June 14, 2010 09:17:51 am Ries van Twisk wrote: On Jun 13, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote: Hello, Can someone

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/ These are files for windows. So that is why I wanted to ask - how do You install on Linux? with best regards, Viesturs 2010/6/14 Mark Thomas mtho...@co-japan.com: On Monday, June

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Ries van Twisk
On Jun 14, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/ These are files for windows. So that is why I wanted to ask - how do You install on Linux? Extract the source version, go

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Mark Thomas
On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:07:49 am Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/ These are files for windows. So that is why I wanted to ask - how do You install on Linux? with best regards,

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Mark Thomas
On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:07:49 am Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/ These are files for windows. So that is why I wanted to ask - how do You install on Linux? with best regards,

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/14/2010 07:44 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:07:49 am Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/ These are files for windows. So that is why I wanted to ask - how do You

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-13 Thread Ries van Twisk
On Jun 13, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote: Hello, Can someone recommend a good CAM/Toolpath software that natively runs on Linux/Ubuntu along side of EMC2. I am currently in the process of coverting my DXF file to generate the g-code but would like a graphical tool to help me

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-13 Thread Mark Thomas
On Monday, June 14, 2010 09:17:51 am Ries van Twisk wrote: On Jun 13, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote: Hello, Can someone recommend a good CAM/Toolpath software that natively runs on Linux/Ubuntu along side of EMC2. I am currently in the process of coverting my DXF file to