Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] LibreCad/.DXF to G-Code for CNC drill?

Hi Craig,
There are a few freeby type dxf to gcode converters about. This one works well:
http://christian-kohloeffel.homepage.t-online.de/index.html
Regards,Brian

--- On Thu, 24/5/12, Craig Carmichael <craig@...> wrote:

From: Craig Carmichael <craig@...>
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] LibreCad/.DXF to G-Code for CNC drill?
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 24 May, 2012, 19:59
















 









Hi,



I've drawn up XY co-ordinates in LibreCAD, for a CNC to drill bolt &

vent holes in round rotors/plates for my Electric Hubcap 5KW pancake

motors. (When I couldn't figure out how to do and dupliate things at

exact angles around a circle, I got good step by step instructions

from LibreCAD's help forum.)



I suspect there are people here who'll know... Now that I've done the

drawing, how might I get a G-Code drill program from it?



(Bla bla bla: My CNC drill/router, which I bought from the guy who

made it maybe 10+ years ago, has no more sophisticated software than

the G-Code controller. ...Previously, I worked out the co-ordinates

via sines and cosines in a spreadsheet, and then created the g-code

program by hand, cutting and pasting each number to where it needed

to be. Now to make a change I have to do it all over again. Obviously

I need to start moving into the modern era, so this time I downloaded

LibreCAD.)



TIA,

Craig

http://www.ElectricHubcap.com/



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