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Mach Discussion => VB and the development of wizards => Topic started by: Akselmakina on December 11, 2022, 03:32:39 PM

Title: Convert gcode from dxf and plt format to Mach3.
Post by: Akselmakina on December 11, 2022, 03:32:39 PM
Hello everyone, good luck with your work.

For a machine I'm designing, I need a plug-in that works on mach3 and converts directly from dxf and plt.

but just like in 3d printers, there is a pump in my machine, I want to use the A axis to run this pump. When extracting g code, it should also remove the A axis. Has anything like this been done before?

If it has been done, is there an example?
Title: Re: Convert gcode from dxf and plt format to Mach3.
Post by: Graham Waterworth on December 11, 2022, 06:52:33 PM
Mach3 and Mach4 run g-code that is produced by an external program.

What you want may have been done, you need to search the forum with key words.

Title: Re: Convert gcode from dxf and plt format to Mach3.
Post by: reuelt on December 11, 2022, 11:44:22 PM
Hello everyone, good luck with your work.

For a machine I'm designing, I need a plug-in that works on mach3 and converts directly from dxf and plt.

but just like in 3d printers, there is a pump in my machine, I want to use the A axis to run this pump. When extracting g code, it should also remove the A axis. Has anything like this been done before?

If it has been done, is there an example?
What you are trying to do was there in MACH 1 (ONE) and abandoned. I remember Mach 1 could run from HPGL and DXF directly. But later DXF to g-code was offloaded to Lazycam.

For Mach 3,
You can use the established PLTplotV098.set Screen set if you want to run directly from HPGL PLT files.