Just got a new cad program, actually, my first. It is full version Autocad. My problem is, I draw up something and export it, and can't get it up on Lazycam. I exported it as a dwf, and the second time as a pdf and no luck. I seem to always lose my files somewhere. The l-cam did load something, but it didn't remotely look like what I created in cad. My L-cam is trial version, but it should still let me import stuff right?

export your files as DXF acad R14 or 2000 format.

Ok, thank you. It is Acad 2010, so I should export it as DXF always then?

Yes, and in an early version, R14 or 2000

I use AutoCad2008 regularly and have saved DXF files in about every format it offers.  All have loaded into LazyCam without problem.

Some people reporting problems with AutoCad DXFs save their files in a DXF format and then try to load the program into LazyCam without closing the AutoCad DXF file.  LazyCam will not open an AutoCad DXF that is still open in AutoCad.

To verify this is true, I just saved a drawing I have been working on in the following DXF versions:
R12
2000
2004
2007.

All opened in LazyCam version 3.00.2 without any hiccups.

Bob @ BobsShop

Whoops, I celebrated too soon. Still no luck. Here's what I'm doing, bear with me because my pc tower is not hooked to the internet and I have no screen shots. I made a simple drawing in my Acad 2010( which is fully licensed and has no issues). I go to Save as, and the default is Dwf file, but gives the options of saving to different Dxf formats. The selection it gives me to choose from for the dxf type formats are: Acad 2010, 2007 and 2007LT, 2004 and 2004LT, 2000 and 2000 LT, and R12 LT2.  I did not see R14 anywhere on the options. I saved it in each of these formats at one point or another in my many attempts to pull up my drawing in L-Cam with no success.   I then tried  Export, and didn't see where I could export it to a dxf format(mabye I didn't look hard enough), but for the heck of it, exported it to bmp. format, and it did pick it up in L-Cam.( though it had some pieces of the drawing missing. I have been closing out my Acad and saving the file change after each attempt( as I have heard that closing it out is necessary for L-Cam load) Please can someone give me a walkthrough on simply how to take a cad drawing and bring it up on Lazycam?

Attach a copy or two (different formats) of your DXF file so I can look at it.

Bob@BobsShop

Use Save As and .dxf v12. Then post it here and I should be able to tell you why it doesn't work.

"Please can someone give me a walkthrough on simply how to take a cad drawing and bring it up on Lazycam?"

Draw whatever you want in ACAD, then you just save it as Gerry said / ver 12 dxf. Then you just open that dxf in LC.
The manual talks about options for loading (Section 6.2.3 ).
RICH

Okay, it does work. I just loaded a rectangle, and it worked fine. My question now is if I want to send an ellipse or a 2d spiral to l-cam, will it work and why/why not?
Thank you guys fotr all the help and bearing with me.