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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: davestea on May 22, 2006, 10:20:37 PM

Title: newbee needs a little help
Post by: davestea on May 22, 2006, 10:20:37 PM

using M3 lathe Sherline R1.84

loaded by dealer on supplied system from TableTop.

acts the same as my demo copy -

clicking on file - import dxf does nothing at all -

what am I doing wrong?  tried all 3 main screens

ds

Title: Re: newbee needs a little help
Post by: Brian Barker on May 22, 2006, 10:55:21 PM

The DXF importer is not working because the old one was taken out... we will be building up a new one but it is going to be many months before we have it done.
Sorry about that
Brian

Title: Re: newbee needs a little help
Post by: davestea on May 22, 2006, 11:02:12 PM

ok - so any suggestions on how I can convert a dxf to g-code so I can get it into M3?

OH! and not have to spend another fortune ---

Title: Re: newbee needs a little help
Post by: fer_mayrl on May 23, 2006, 12:08:42 AM

try lazycam, it comes bundeled with mach 3, look for it on the mach3 folder, there is a video about lazycam on the tutorials section on this website
hope that would get you started
Fernando

Title: Re: newbee needs a little help
Post by: Brian Barker on May 23, 2006, 09:12:15 AM

If it is a mill you should be Good to go with LCAM but if ti is a lathe it is going to be a bit...