--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My question is, is there a simple 2-d 3-d cad program with DXF or >suchoutput 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. >I know that, but it is easy to use a dxf to G-code converter. Check this program out, just found it yesterday: http://www.graphiteone-cad.com/ blurb from the web page: "GraphiteOne version 1.3 is still available for free download for non revenue generating purposes. This includes personal, educational, or research usage. Please read the following informations carefully befor you download. The GraphiteOne Free Version provides the same functionality as the commercial version but is limited to personal, educational or research use only. You may use this version as long as it is not used for commercial or any revenue generating puropses. The Free Version is released under the following licence. Please read this licence before you continue to the download section." Also this link has info about another bootable disc, based on PClinuxOS, lots of computer aided engineering stuff: http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/ Jerry ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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