Advice on software that suits needs.

[mick-uk]

Hi
I've recently purchased a CNC router, with the intention of cutting out basic 2d shapes from 18mm MDF.

I am looking at cutting my material(mdf) to the finished size on dimension saw and then using the cnc router...remove one corner with a radius.

so I'm looking for some guidance as to software that might best suit my needs.

my machine came with ucancam (yes a cheap Chinese router, newbie) and i can do everything i need to do within this program. the only problem i'm having with this program is that if i enter the material size as 800mm x 800mm and place an toolpath in the upper top right of the material, the router for some reason always starts at x0y0 .
the g code doesn't seem to contain the start-point.. if you get what i mean.

anyway, thanks for your time
mick.
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[M250cnc]

Hi Mick

Can you post the gcode & a dfx file before you go rushing to spend more money

Phil

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[mick-uk]

many thanks for your reply...

I dived in and purchased v-carve pro... and I've got to say its impressive, managed to create what I wanted in minutes & have the machine dancing


got a new problem now backlash well I suppose there's one good thing with all these problems I'm learning ...

does nc-studio have backlash compensation do you know??

many thanks for taking the time to respond.

mike.