Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Excaliburcnc by XCAM

Smoke,

you can get IntelliCAD for free and it does .dxf as well as .dwg files. If you're having
trouble opening a dxf file you might do better with IntelliCAD because it will give you a
large selection of .dxf files, meaning that you have a choice between generic dxf, ascii
dxf, binary dxf, autocad 12, 13, 14, 2000 dxf files.

I used to use QuickCAD and finally went to using IntelliCAD, I do have AutoCAD R14 but
for most of what I do know it's overkill. So I just use IntelliCAD. Almost all of the
design work I do now is 3D, so the only time I'm using 2D cad is when I'm breaking down
the model into 2D cad files for plans.

Chris



--- Smoke <smoke@...> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip. Now all I need is for the program to be able to import
> a .dxf file. Tried opening a new file, and importing the .dxf file and
> nothing shows up. Tried zooming the screen as told to do by the software
> people and still get nothing. Tried changing the standard units from mm to
> inches and that didn't help either. I certainly don't want to have to draw
> all my projects from scratch again. Most of them are done in 2D using
> QuickCAD which I have found to be faster than any reasonably priced CAD
> package I've seen so far.
>
> Smoke
>
> > You can change that to any view set-up you want. In fact you can have up
> to
> > 8 views available at any one time tiled or cascaded. Just click in the
> view
> > window you want to change, click on the "Set View Direction" button on the
> > top button bar and choose the view you want. BTW the button next door
> (left)
> > helps you select the number of views you want on the screen.
> > HTH
> > JC
> > >
>
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Chris Reynolds

Design/Drafting Student, freelance drafter, freelance graphic artist, freelance animator and all around nice guy.



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