Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Cad/Cam program problem

Fred I have concluded the same thing. I redrew my block in TurboCad and DeskNC imported it just fine as a dxf file. I have a trial copy of TurboCad and will aquire a copy of AutoSketch as well. I am also using Eazy CNC as a tuturial. It's all on an upward slope of a learning curve at the moment.
Thanks for your input. As I venture down this road IMServe and I will be doing more bussiness I'm sure.

Frank

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Fred Smith" <imserv@...>
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Franklin York"
<franklin.york@...> wrote:

> I am
> using Adobe
>
> Illustrator CS3 to design the block. When I export my file as a DXF

and

> import it into
>
> Desknc I get an error message "Explode all splines before importing".

Illustrator is not a mechanical CAD design program and is not oriented
to creating circles/arcs to define a hole. It is for artistic
purposes, and tends to define geometry with entities that do not
correspond well to simple lines and arcs that can be used as G-code.

I would suggest that you use a program like TurboCAD,
Autocad/Autosketch, Intellicad, VectorCad, Rhino3D etc, which can
define a hole as an arc in a DXF file.

Then export the file as an Autocad12 compatible file. This will
decompose the poly lines/arcs and splines into individual entities,
which DeskCNC can process to drill, pocket, and contour.

Fred Smith - IMService
http://www.cadcamcadcam.com/hobby




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