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cad to gcode and arcs

Posted by Chris Brick
on 2003-04-26 07:22:39 UTC
I got my plasma table up and running last night.

I've been testing out some of the CAD/CAM packages for generating gcode for letters and
other intricate shapes. I've noticed that when I create circles and arcs in autocad and
then import them into CamExpert, the resulting gcode is many G01 moves as opposed to G02
or G03. Circles created directly in CamExpert become G02 or G03.
My question is, are there any packages that can do this conversion to arc/circle from
autocad or other drawings and which one would you recommend?
Thanks,

Chris

Discussion Thread

Chris Brick 2003-04-26 07:22:39 UTC cad to gcode and arcs caudlet 2003-04-26 07:52:25 UTC Re: cad to gcode and arcs notoneleft 2003-04-26 10:48:28 UTC Re: cad to gcode and arcs David Paulson 2003-04-26 16:42:13 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cad to gcode and arcs fortino 2003-04-26 17:14:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cad to gcode and arcs Fred Smith 2003-04-26 19:39:50 UTC Re: cad to gcode and arcs Chris Brick 2003-04-26 22:15:17 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: cad to gcode and arcs Jeff Goldberg 2003-04-27 13:55:55 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cad to gcode and arcs