I am new at CNC so pleae forgive my ignorance. I see alot of DXF files, which I understand can be imported in to MACH3. But this still raises a few questions:

1.) does any one know of a free or low cose program for viewing .dxf
2.) if you cannot open and munipulate dxf file how do oyu know the size of material and cut paramaters?

As I said new to this, ANY information that you would share is very appriciated.

thanks

Hi tdnp :wave: welcome to CNC Zone.

Try a web search for Progecad or A9Cad.

There are many sites to download the versions of either program that will allow you to view & manipulate DXF files.
WT

1.) does any one know of a free or low cose program for viewing .dxf

You can download free viewer here.


http://www.solidworks.com/pages/products/edrawings/eDrawings.html