F-engrave might just fit the bill for simple sign work like this. Thanks for the info.
> On Jul 31, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Greg Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you looked at F-engrave? It's an engraving and V-carving app for > Linux. scorchworks.com. > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 8:08 AM Thaddeus Waldner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’m using Fusion 360 in a workflow for engraving signs. This starts out as >> a .dxf file, which I import into a fusion 360 sketch, and then use the >> trace feature to generate tool paths. >> >> As an aside, if anyone has an idea for a simpler workflow (free, of >> course) and one that perhaps doesn’t involve Windows, Please suggest it >> here. I’ve tried DXF2GCODE and although it looks like it does all that I >> need, but I couldn’t get it to work reliably, as it kept skipping features. >> >> The post processes for EMC—as it’s called in Fusion 360—somehow calls for >> path blending and I cannot figure out where. Is path blending turned on by >> default, unless you specify exact mode? >> >> Here’s the preamble as generated by the post: >> >> % >> (ONOFFSWITCHESENGRAVE) >> (T1 D=0.25 CR=0. TAPER=30DEG - ZMIN=0. - CHAMFER MILL) >> N10 G90 G94 G17 G91.1 >> N15 G20 >> N20 G53 G0 Z0. >> (TRACE2) >> N25 T1 M6 >> N30 S3820 M3 >> N35 G54 >> N40 M8 >> N45 G0 X11.9375 Y0.9635 >> N50 G43 Z0.54 H1 >> N55 G0 Z0. >> >> I was able to fix this by adding the following line: >> N36 G64 P0.001 >> But I’d like to know how/why it as blending paths in the first place. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
