[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > The remaining task is to replace the Windows Cad program. > I am using BobCad at the moment on windows which is a truly *painful > application* and overly complicated CAD program riddled with ambiguity > and a workflow only the programmer understands. > I don't know if this is apropos, but...
I also have Bobcad/CAM 16.1, but rarely use it. Most of the work I do is the simplest 2-D work cutting instrument panels and such. So, I wrote a bunch of small programs that create the G-code to do the most common things, like rectangular cutouts, round cutouts, etc. I also have some that handle a hole circle and grid of holes, and a table of arbitrary X-Y hole locations. One input file, and it will generate spotting, drilling and tapping programs for all the holes. So, I use this stuff far more than cad/cam, because it is faster to create, and more efficient to machine. Many of these have been ported over to the "scripts" on EMC2, but I have them on my web site, too, at http://jelinux.pico-systems.com/gcode.html > My question is, is there a simple 2-d 3-d cad program with DXF or such > output I can feed into EMC for toolpath generation? > EMC doesn't take DXF, it takes RS-274D, also known as G-code. DXF is good to move a drawing from one CAD system to another, but it leaves so much info out of the transfer that it causes a number of problems. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
