Riley, As mark said, EMC3 does not generate G-code from CAD files.
Axis is a display interface for EMC for the machine operator. You need another program like pycam (see sourceforge.org) or cambam (cambam.co.uk) or others to load in CAD files like DXF or STL files, and generate g-code (rememeber, this is NOT the job of AXIS). Then you start EMC with Axis, and use axis to load the g-code, to run your machine. Axis does not use your DXF files directly. Does that help? ><> ... Jack Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Riley Porter <rileypor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the clarity. So in tutorials that I have watched / read how to. > I see AXIS load a DXF file then it passes gcode to emc which spits out step > dir? > > What "part" is creating the gcode from cad files? Is this a function of > AXIS? Again sorry if this is a lame question. > > Riley > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Viesturs Lācis > <viesturs.la...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 2010/3/30 Riley Porter <rileypor...@gmail.com>: >> > Not sure I agree about not needing EMC. I would like to use EMC (perhaps >> > more to the point AXIS) to load cad files and then generate gcode... >> >> Riley, EMC does NOT generate gcode from CAD files - You have to use >> CAM software for that purpose - generating gcode from dxf or other CAD >> files. >> >> EMC is software tool that executes the gcode - moves machine tool >> according to gcode. >> >> with best regards, >> Viesturs >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
