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Subject: Re: TCi PCB program

From: Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@...>
Date: 2002-05-02

Hi John,

I haven't played with KCam enough, I guess. I gave it a Gerber file,
but I didn't see anything (graphics), just a few random lines. I looked
at the Gcode in the window, but wasn't sure about it. It had "M3 Z1"
and "M5 Z.5" between EACH cut! So I can see why you said it takes a LOT
of lines! I'm probably doing something wrong, or my "fake" RS-274X
header is incorrect.

I have an OLD demo, no Gcode save (I believe).

Alan KM6VV



crankorgan wrote:
>
> Hi Alan,
> I turned a trace into a ruler at the bottom
> of the drawing. This way I could figure out what scaling
> to use. I found the KCam left out some traces. So much for
> that idea. This works with that, but it don't work with
> this! KCam only imports and it saves GCode. I just
> use an old version to plot and scale my DXF. I then save
> them as GCode. Works great! I wish somebody would make
> a simple drawing program that saves in GCode.
>
> John
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > KCam! OK, now I remember you saying you used it. Can KCam then
> export
> > in DXF? Sounds like a plan. Let me know how it turns out. I'd
> like to
> > see the results.
> >
> > Alan KM6VV