Alan,
Check this one out. The software!
http://www.epsilon-international.com/Products/products.html John
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> 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