Re: Newbie's Input - Software

John, I don't know: I'm not a programmer. I've just learned, here or
somewhere else, that DXF output isn't a standardized protocol and
you have to find a CAM that matches your particular CAD output.
This lack of protocol is a cost the hobbiest must bear and is seen
in the form of purchasing perfectly good software that is not used.
The frustration is heard here, the successful folks have moved on.

Charles Hixon

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "John Delaney"
<john.p.delaney@v...> wrote:

>
> > John, I'm having a blast with TurboCAD8's DXF with my MaxNC CAM

&

> > closed-loop controller setup. No sucking noise at this end. On
> the
> > other hand, the salesmen who frequent this and related sites

didn't

> > make any money off me either. Charles Hixon
> Charles, well, then I could be doing something wrong. Wouldn't be

the

> first time. I've had issues with 3d drawings being exported to

DXF. I

> sent one to a shop and he could not get it to come into MasterCAM
> correctly, had to do a lot of re-work in MasterCAM. Is it maybe

that

> the 3D is not working right and 2D is O.K.? I have version 8 as

well.

> I've seen other posts on the TurboCAD site about the DXFs not

working

> well too.
>
> What do you think?