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Going from an AutoCAD file to gcode sounds complicated, But today's software makes it relatively easy. This Instructable will show you how to take an...
Open Cut 2D.
Click "File", "Import" and then browse and find your .DXF file. This is the resulting window. You can see the file has been imported and a settings ...
In the dialog box, all I need to do is set the thickness of my material, which happens to be .125 inch. All other settings are correct. Click OK.
What we are left with in the part window includes text I am not going to be cutting so I want to delete the text. (This is not required but I think i...
Delete the text by using your mouse to draw a window around it and then simply hit the delete key. The screen capture shows that all but the "POWER" ...
To create a cut path, Cut 2D requires that all lines in the drawing be reliably connected/joined together. I happen to know the 4 lines in the rectang...
The following dialog box will open - you can see from the dialog that there are many lines that are not connected. Click "Join" and the task will be ...
Click the "Toolpaths" tab in the upper right and a window will slide out. In the field of icons, click the 2nd from the left in the top row. This wi...
This dialog box comes up. You must set the depth you wish to cut to (I set it at .130 inch). I want the cutting tool to cut inside the line of my ge...
Now click the "Select" button under "Tool". A dialog box will appear that allows you to set a variety of settings. 1. I picked a .125" end mill. ...
Next, use your mouse to select all the figures left (rectangle and all of the oval like figures). Then hit "Calculate".
This dialog comes up because I am cutting to a depth (.130") that is thicker than my material (.125") and I could be ruining the bed of the CNC Mill I...
What then shows up is a visual representation of the tool path.
Since I want to see the actual cuts, I again go to the Tool, click on "Reset Preview" and "Prepare All Toolpaths".
I end up with a preview of the cuts that shows I have programmed it properly.
Finally, I click on the "Toolpaths" tab again and go down and click the "Save" icon (looks like a floppy disk in blue, 2nd row, furthest to the right)...
A new dialog box pops up. I make sure the profiles I want cut are selected in the upper box, and use the drop down menu below "Post Processor" to pick...
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