This can be used to completely cut out your part/circuit board or to make larger holes. Polylines on layer 'THROUGH' will be cut all the way through to a set depth in steps which can also be pre-set. Lines and Polylines on layer 'CUT' will be engraved to a set depth. Circles above a set size, in this case 1mm, will be ignored, and circles smaller will be drilled through. You can make circles out of lots or straight lines. Start off making your CAD DXF file using only straight lines and polylines, not arcs or rads. Look at my Links page for the free software I used. I like to edit and run it using Geany but it can be used with any text editor and started from a command line / terminal. It has no GUI ( Graphical User Interface ) but all paths and CNC machine settings can be edited as Python code is just a text file. It should (? I only have Linux ) run on any computer which has Python installed on it.

It turns any straight line into a machining / engraving moves and any circles less than a set size it drills a through hole.

Icon made by Nikita Golubev from been working on some Python code that converts DXF CAD ( Computer Aided Design ) files into G_Code that can be used on my CNC machine, mainly to produce PCBs ( Printed Circuit Boards ) but would also work for engraving text or for drilling the rows of holes in my LED Digital Clock Project. If you drive your laser/spindle in a different way, you can easily change the GCode command to use. Operationįor my modded printer, the PWM signals that sets the laser/spindle power comes from the fan control of the 3D printer, so I use the 'Fan On' GCode command for it (M106 SXXX). It can change the Z height on each pass so the laser is always focused on the cutting surface. The multiple passes are particularly useful for laser cutting if your laser is not powerful enough to do it in one single pass.

Multiple pass operation, with Z-height changes.Add extra commands at the start or end of the process.

Customizable laser/spindle on/off commands.The tool is quite customizable in terms of GCode generation. PCB milling, drilling and etching using Gerber files.Cut materials with my CNC laser (which is actually my a 3D printer with a laser attached to it).I decided to create this tool with some specific goals in mind: Fergo GCode is a simple utility to convert DXF (up to version 2010) or Gerber files into GCode.

Convert gcode to dxf