Thermwood and AutoCAD

[mbessant]

Hi, I am trying to get our Thermwood C67 5 Axis Router to accept .DXF files.

In the manual it says it is possible to draw a shape in AutoCAD and have a line of code over the start point on each entity, so you can change the feed rate, depth, etc.

I have attached the .DXF file from AutoCAD and the G-code file from the CNC.

Is it not working because of the font im using? It asks for a mono-spaced font, we have tried loads of different fonts.


Thanks for you Help

Martyn

[ger21]

Fonts will probably need to be exploded using Express Tools.

[mbessant]

Thanks for the idea. It didnt work tho.

Anyone else got any ideas.

Its driving me mad, ive tried everything


Thanks

Martyn

[zimcad svc]

If using AutoCAD 2004 try saving as an earlier release like R14 .dxf ? or even a 2000 .dxf ?

[mbessant]

Just Tried that, it didnt work.

I think im going to have to phone Thermwood in USA.

Anyone else tried anything like this?

[robinl]

try = (start)
works on mine.

[bborb]

There are levels when exploding certain things like multi-line text. I downloaded your DXF and the first time I explode your MULTI-LINE TEXT it becomes TEXT, the second time I explode the same selection it becomes GROUP OF GRAPHICS, the third time I explode the selection it becomes several POLYLINES, and I explode it even twice more after that to finally get it to a bunch of LINE(s).
I've used many DXF to G-code converters, even wrote one myself and a few can read polylines and some can only read lines (not polylines).
Give this a try, I believe it will work although I'm not familiar with Thermwood.

[ger21]

There are levels when exploding certain things like multi-line text. I downloaded your DXF and the first time I explode your MULTI-LINE TEXT it becomes TEXT, the second time I explode the same selection it becomes GROUP OF GRAPHICS, the third time I explode the selection it becomes several POLYLINES, and I explode it even twice more after that to finally get it to a bunch of LINE(s).

In AutoCAD, you can only explode text with the explode text express tool, and you should only need to do it once. This will get you polylines, though. If you need regular lines, use the regular explode command on the polyline text.