Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: HPGL to G-Code widget

www.sheetcam.com I believe, if no do a search on sheetcam.
Jim

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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: HPGL to G-Code widget


> On 6/5/04 4:06 PM, caudlet thom-at-tcaudle.com |yahoo| wrote:
>
> >If you would like something with a little more control (lead-in's,
> >cut direction, start points, offsets, etc) for plasma go over and
> >download the free beta of SheetCam at www.sheetcam.com.
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I downloaded it, but I can't remember what it does. I'll have to take a
peek
> later when I get to my windoze box.
>
> >we, (the group Torchheads)
>
> Ahh. I'll have to check it out. But I just checked around, and I can't
seem to
> find it. What's the actual url?
>
> > What control software are you
> >using?
>
> Well, now that's embarrassing. I bought a Torchmate kit many years ago
that uses
> Microkinetics stuff. It's junk, but I've got it working, more or less. The
best
> method is start the cut and quick unplug the keyboard so there's less
chance
> that it bombs the computer. Basically, it's just a ISA card that runs some
teeny
> steppers directly. So the noise has a nice path right onto the bus! And
crappy
> DOS software that only takes HPGL-1. Someday I'm going to have to spend
some
> money and get something better.
>
> >Don't be too ashamed that you use CorelDraw. For 2D artwork creation
> >and the import and export of many different file formats it is hard
> >to beat. I can draw something in minutes with Corel, pass it through
> >SheetCAM and have it running with MACH2 on my plazma table on less
> >time than it takes to just do the drawing in more complex packages
> >(and I have several).
>
> I'm not ashamed, just irritated. Corel likes to break imported files into
pieces
> and then close the open paths with garbage. Its drawing algorithms are
flawed
> and it loves to do things like invert HPGL files for no apparent reason.
Even if
> they were exported by itself! I mostly use it for conversion, because
it's just
> easier to draw in an actual Cad program (for me). I've been using QuickCad
> forever, and I'm just used to it. It does plenty enough 2d stuff, and I
like the
> command structure. Single key snap changes and customizable too. And about
$60.
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> Hal Eckhart - Casa Forge - Minneapolis MN - <http://www.XXXXXXXXXXXXX>
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