Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Recommen .. writing G-Code in Excel

Hello Dave,

> I used excel to write points for a pcb when I had it in expressPCB (a
> proprietary format that does not output a useable file)
>
> What I did was to create columns for each axis
>
> A B C D E
>
> G00 x 1.123 y 0.234
> G00 x 1.555 y 1.254
>
> That makes it easire to see your numbers and you can chart them to
> see if they are in some sequence you expect.
>
> Line numbering also is easy.
>
> To export the data, you can highlight the area of your work and then
> copy it to the clipboard.

You can also export the file directly from Excel as a text file. Some of
the text export file types embed characters that TurboCnc does not like.
One of the text export file types does work fine with TurboCnc but I
don't recall which one. There are only a few export text file types so
try each to find the one that TurboCnc is happy with.

> of course you can use any word processor, but mine keep adding .txt
> after the name so I wind up with filename.cnc.txt and that is not
> readable by turboCNC.

Put quotes around the file name and .txt will not be added.

i.e. save the text file as "filename.cnc"

Tom Hubin
thubin@...