Re: Suggestions for cnc software, with cutter radius compensation?

Hi Al,

I run the CAD/CAM version, so I generally generate Gcode with Vector. I
have been converting miscellaneous DXF files with ACE, but lately I have
been having problems with DXF's. Looks like some of those were "file
exchange" problems, but I don't think ACE will handle them all. I am
investigating further.

We have source for ACE now, and I think I now have the appropriate
compiler, so perhaps some additions can be made. Yeager's ACE is
CERTAINLY more complete then the one I wrote to handle a few of my DXF
files from OrCad (yes, that's a schematic program. In my pre-Vector
period)!

I'll be trying more experiments. Gave seen the DXF spec? Ouch!

Alan KM6VV


alenz@... wrote:

>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Get the Vector CAD-only demo, you can generate tool paths with the
> > appropriate tool offsets! The CAD/CAM version will then generate
> the
> > Gcode, or you can use the ACE converter program!
>
> Alan, are you able to get Ace to properly convert Vector DXF
> files? I tried every combination of the DXF functions listed
> on Page 350 of the manual but was never able to get the arcs to
> come out right consistantly. Sometimes the X was reversed,
> other times the Y was displaced.
>
> Al