Tracing?

[Joe Petro]

I need to change the cutting path from "all over the place" to an efficient path.
I understand that I can trace a drawing to do this?

I do not see any trace in Turbocad v4.

Help?

Thanks,

Joe Petro

[Joe Petro]

I'll just reply to my self...

I found that Kcam doesn't work well for me as a DXF to G code converter.
AceConverter does! I cuts parts in continous lines, instead of jumping all over the place like the Kcam did for me.

Joe Petro

[Bob Adams]

Has any body tried the Dxf to gcode converter at :http://stcnc.tripod.com/

[KingPANO]

Seems that I tried and paid for every inexpensive CAM software and CAD programs. I finally have a reliable and easy workflow.

I use QuickCAD for layout and design($49)...convert to DXF ver12 and import it into CAMExpert. I use the layers in QuickCAD to use for order of cut and depth. I name them as:
01_rough cut
02_final cut
03_125pocket

Import into CAMExpert and set each layer for depth of cut and generate code.

CAMExpert is a simple program that I use just for toolpath and GCode converting...it has a couple of bugs that I adjust in Notepad.

I paid $79 for CAMExpert about a year ago.

http://www.ribbonsoft.com --CAMExpert
http://usa.autodesk.com -QuckCAD

Bill
http://www.kingpano.com

[jmedick]

does anyone know how to trace an image in Rhino?