TwinCam 32 NC generator
TwinCam 32 NC generator
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Hi Ya
One of my manufacturers uses some kind of cnc machine (never seen it and not really my field) for machining wood for us. The thing is we want to streamline some processes and want to be able to squirt my solidworks drawings stright into his machine and let it do its thing. The thing is it mentions using DXF files and to set the colours of drawings to different colours depending on the work to be carried out, ie red for cuts, yellow for holes (or something). Is anyone aware on how to achieve this via solidworks, any help wil be appreiciated.
Cheers
One of my manufacturers uses some kind of cnc machine (never seen it and not really my field) for machining wood for us. The thing is we want to streamline some processes and want to be able to squirt my solidworks drawings stright into his machine and let it do its thing. The thing is it mentions using DXF files and to set the colours of drawings to different colours depending on the work to be carried out, ie red for cuts, yellow for holes (or something). Is anyone aware on how to achieve this via solidworks, any help wil be appreiciated.
Cheers






RE: TwinCam 32 NC generator
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Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
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RE: TwinCam 32 NC generator
RE: TwinCam 32 NC generator
Our CNCs use IGS files, as well as .dxf, and our parts come out great. May be worth the effort to find out other files the CNC will accept and export your model to the compatable format.
Bonus to this type of process aides protyping...no need for drawing.
There are a number of exportable file types...experiment and have fun!