DXF import and tiling (Cabinets)

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Hi all,

Just in the process of getting my Pro 5 setup, but i do have one use-case i was hoping to get some clarification on how best to accomplish. I’d like to make a few cabinets for a bathroom i’m redoing. I plan to use Mozaik for the cabinet design, which can output the DXF files (i don’t believe they support the Carbide3d CNC’s). These would be cutting out of a 4x8 sheets of plywood. So i just need to translate those into the proper toolpaths in Carbide Create.

I’ve watched a few things on tiling and it sounds like creating a locator pin is recommended. If you have a straight edge guide isn’t that sufficient though as well? (assuming you measure the overlap and put the sheet in the right Y space.

Appreciate any help and if anyone has any experience cutting out cabinets!

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What sort of G-code will Mozaik output? If they have options for Mach3 or LinuxCNC, either should work.

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I can ask/check.

The other reason was they stated the machine size had to match the material, they didn’t support any form of tiling.

So I just assumed i needed to export from there and create the toolpaths in another program.

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In that case, the DXFs should import into Carbide Create Pro to do toolpaths w/ tiling there — you can work up whatever location mechanism suits your stock/projects — there are some pretty cool ideas in various videos and discussions here.

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Sounds good, will do some digging.

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