[jerryrigge]

Hi all,

I am using a MP3000 THC on my newly built plasma table. Things seem to be working as advertised but I am unable to consistently process my dxf files to Gcode. I have tried Turbocad, Deltacad,Coreldraw and DWGEditor. I have used Lazycam and Sheetcam. The files often appear blank in the cam program or have hundreds of segments on 4 inch of travel.

This has been the most difficult part of using CNC for me. At my last job we used Artcam to create the drawing and generate the Gcode. It was wonderful and worked without issues almost everytime. But I cannot afford Artcam now.

I am hoping that someone can tell me what cad program, file format(and version) and what cam program will work together consistently to produce usable gcode. What works for you?

Thanks for you time.

Jerry Rigger