Plenty of software you can obtain (some FREE) to convert DXF to G-Code or whatever the machine requires.
This issue has been overcome for many years now.įind out what equipment the vendor is using and contact the manufacturer to determine method to use convert DXF or what file type is needed. Any vendor should accept a R12 DXF and have in house method to send to the equipment. This is not a CAD issue, but a CNC software issue. Most older/cheaper equipment will require post-processing the DXF. Newer equipment, usually, should accept R12 DXF with closed geometry and layers applied. The inhouse router table issue has been overcome, it is the water jet vendors and plasma cutter vendors that we are still having issues with.ĭifferent machines will use different programs. The powers that be at my company are getting frustrated, and seem to think after all this time, this issue should be overcome by now. I was wondering if any of you had the same problem and have come up with a solution that could remedy this issue. On one occasion the final product came in from the vendor, and it was a mess, inside corners were blown out in large circles, and outside corners were rounded off into large circles. I have to do different things for different vendors, and as I said this only works 50 percent of the time, and I will not know if it worked or not, until the vendor starts complaining about open files or not. This works sometimes depending on the program that the vendor is using. One of the methods I have to use is to import the DXF file into Corel Draw X3 and remove all the extra nodes that the program will allow me to delete without changing the shape of the item. When I try to remove the nodes in autocad the shape changes. Our router program and some of the programs that our vendors use (waterjet and plasma cutter) programs that have major trouble with the amount of control points (nodes) that are required to hold that shape as it should be. Some of the shapes are created from splines and or polylines. Here is the question I have: I have to sometimes make files for a router table, water jets, and plasma cutters.
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