Will pay for GCode!

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

I would like to note that DXFs should import easily — we have some notes on this:

• it may help to use the OVERKILL command to eliminate any overlapping or intersecting paths before exporting from AUTOCAD
• if lines have different elevations, use FLATTEN [17]
• PLINES are intrinsically joined, and should be used where appropriate [18]
• AutoCAD 2000 DXF format (model geometry only, base model scaling) export from the desired face (not isometric view)
• 2004 Lines

and we would especially want folks to send files so prepared which don’t import into Carbide Create in to us at support@carbide3d.com (other problem files would be welcome as well).

There was a request for sample files a while back:

DXF Sample File Help Needed

We’ve been rewriting all of our DXF import code for Carbide Create and wee need some help from an AutoCAD guru. We need a DXF file (or a couple) that contain the following features: Block inserts Block inserts with rotation Block inserts with rotation and some kind of offset A rotated ellipse As far as we can tell, Autocad is just about the only program that will generate these features and we’re not Autocad people here at Carbide 3D. If you have the means to generate these we could really …

not sure what the outcome there was.

Anyway, once the files are into Carbide Create, creating toolpaths ought to be easy and straight-forward:

https://docs.carbide3d.com/assembly/carbidecreate/video-tutorials/#toolpaths