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vasi Guru  Joined: 23/03/2007 Location: RomaniaPosts: 1697 |
For a Win98/DOS machine used for CNC we have a complete set of software. By example, we can use a CAD (any) software for generating a .dxf file, then, converting it to G-Code for TurboCNC with the help of ACE, a g-code converter. For Linux, we have QCad for 2D sketches saved as .dxf files and EMC2. No ACE like converter unless is ported to Linux from sources. But I found recently the missing program. Is about gCncCam, an open source project designed to work with QCad and EMC2. [quote=gCncCam] This release can read DXF-Files and GERBER NC-Files (Drill-Files) and convert them to G-Code (RS-274) NC-Files It is tested with QCad for creating DXF-Files. The CNC-Code is tested on EMC2 CNC[/quote] The software was tested under Linux Debian Etch and Linux Ubuntu 6.06 (is working also in 8.10). P.S. I don't know where to post this: under this forum or "My 2 cents" forum ... Hobbit name: Togo Toadfoot of Frogmorton Elvish name: Mablung Miriel Beyound Arduino Lang |
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