RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: How to properly use g-code converted (CAM software)

From my experience with the dxf to g-code converters that is a true
statement Tim. What I have been doing is drawing up the part, saving the
drawing, offsetting the outlines the proper amount, saving the offset
outlines as a DXF file and then using the dxf to g-code conversion to get
what I want. I personally have had much better luck with using FlashCUT for
dxf to g-code conversion than I have had with ACEconverter.

John Guenther
'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
Sterling, Virginia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Goldstein [mailto:timg@...]
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 14:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: How to properly use g-code converted
> (CAM software)
>
>

--SNIP--

> My understanding of using the .dxf to G-code converters is that
> you have to
> manually draw the toolpaths and that is what the utility converts
> to G-code.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hi,
> > I'm not an expert but have a mill and made some chips. Most of the
> > CAM software I've used (Sprutcam, Mastercam, STLworks) all take in 3
> > dimensional models, not 3 flat views. The packages that you mention
> > all allow you to build 3 dimensional models. This is what the higher
> > level CAM programs are expecting.
> >
> > Roger
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