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 generate the > > g-code but would like a graphical tool to help me achieve that. I am > > not sure what the defacto standard is. > > Thanks, > > Shaffin. > > I use dxf2gcode (http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/), it never failed > on me. > It's just not a handy tool, you cannot save settings and you cannot > zoom in, use layers etc, > not sure what it's status is though. > > However, the good news is that it has never failed on my, and runs > nicely along qcad. > > Ries > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
I'll second what Ries is saying, the qcad/dxf2gcode is one of my mainstay combos. Of course it would be great to have a slightly more flexible converter, however I can't fault the code it generates, rock solid. Make sure when you download you pick the latest version. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
