Frans, you use AlphaCAM, right? Do you know of any CAM software under $1000 (under $500 maybe?) that can read splines?
Does Alphacam output G1 moves, or G2/G3 moves for the splines?
Steve, if Xpress could save as V12 .dxf's, the splines would automatically be converted. Unfortunately, it doesn't. I'm pretty sure all the CAM programs that can read splines, just convert them to polylines internally. I think I read that Les plans on adding spline support in the future, but I might be mistaken. I think your only option now is to not use them, unless you have a way to convert them. If you really need to use them, I can do the conversions for you. It's not a big deal.
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