Comments on: CNC Guide: How to Convert DXF to G-Code

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 10 May 2019 10:54:30 +0000

In reply to Alfredo Herrera. DXF files are vector files. You're just looking at the ASCII code of the file. If you want to convert the DXF to G-Code you can do that with Scan2CAD. I recommend asking other questions like these over at CAD Answers. Good luck.

By: Alfredo Herrera

Alfredo Herrera — Fri, 10 May 2019 06:11:36 +0000

Hello! I’m just learning to work on a CNC. I’ve been looking for DXF files on the web so I can practice and I found some particular projects where the file has a .DXF extension but when I open it I get some kind of coding, rows numbered from 0 to whatever with different text instructions, such as this:
0
SECTION
2
HEADER
9
$ACADVER
1
AC1018
9
$ACADMAINTVER
70
104

Is there any way to turn this into a vector file? Can this coding be used directly on the CNC (I’m using ArtCam and Autocad for the design part).
Thank you.

By: luke

luke — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:21:16 +0000

In reply to Gavin. I don't know of anything that converts to .lcc or .ncp they are not commonly required therefore there's not going to be many apps that support this.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:11:36 +0000

Hi, we have a Bystronic water jet cutter recently acquired, but most of the files we get and have already are in DXF. We need them to be LCC NCP as we don’t want to think about having to redraw everything in Bystronic software. is there a convertor software that we can use with our DXF files?

By: luke

luke — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 15:58:18 +0000

In reply to Wesley. Hey Wesley, Does the original file that you're converting contain this information? If not you would need to manually add it afterwards.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 07:58:04 +0000

Hi guy,s thanks for the great article. I have a solution that required 4 axes to be controlled; linear axes X, Y, Z and a rotational axis (J). Can your software generate 4 dimensional G-code?

By: luke

luke — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:43:24 +0000

In reply to Martin Wilcox. Most likely a setting with your CNC controller software has to be altered. I would refer to the support for your table and/or controller software. It's not likely a problem with the designs but rather getting to grips with the settings required for your setup.

By: Martin Wilcox

Martin Wilcox — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:37:08 +0000

Having trouble finding a g code that will work with our baileigh CNC plasma table. The torch will trace the shape of the part but not cut it. What are we doing wrong?

Thank you.

By: Luke Kennedy

Luke Kennedy — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:23:32 +0000

In reply to Ali saleh m mahdi. I'm afraid I don't understand your question. You could post any questions like these to the community at CADAnswers.com

By: Ali saleh m mahdi

Ali saleh m mahdi — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:02:08 +0000

In reply to Luke Kennedy. I design the hardware cnc controller and I wants to do the software. . .

By: Luke Kennedy

Luke Kennedy — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:54:11 +0000

In reply to Ali saleh m mahdi.

If you have a circular vector shape in your vector file, you can simply use Scan2CAD to save it to G-Code format.

And almost any CNC software will support this file format.

There’s nothing else you’ll need to do.

By: Ali saleh m mahdi

Ali saleh m mahdi — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:48:15 +0000

Sorry about my English.
I mean if I have circular shape and i want to engraving all the inside the shape by router how i can generate the tool path.

By: Luke Kennedy

Luke Kennedy — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:37:34 +0000

In reply to Ali saleh m mahdi.

Could you describe what you mean by ‘clean out shape’?

and what software are you using?

By: Ali saleh m mahdi

Ali saleh m mahdi — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:28:41 +0000

Hiiiiiiii.

I want to know how to generate the path of clean out shape.

Any idea please. . .