Inkscape sheetcam, single cut pass problem Unsupported. I use this to trace photos and gives you a single line to cut on sheet cam. Make sure in the Shape menu at top says 'none". Then go to nodes menu to manipulate the curves. You can make single entry lines on Inkscape with the benzier tool with waypoint.
When you save the edited drawing I usually call it a new file name with only the Lines layer visible, SheetCam will only process that layer. On the layers window, select Lines and make your orignal layer invisible. Now you have a duplicate that you can edit without messing up your original. This is simple to do, but it IS time consuming.
In order to get SheetCam to process this as a single line, you need to collapse or break apart each line into a single series of nodes. I prefer using SheetCAM when I can though, its just a real fast way to get 2.5D parts made.What I am tryin to achieve is a single pass on a drawn line, as in the plasma leads in at one end, and leads out at the other end, instead on using the drawn line as a route all the way around the drawn line as if it is a shape, instead of a line….
including RhinoCAM, it will handle full 3D designs but doesn't have as many machining operations as the full version, but for the prototyping work I do it works fine. but don't be thrown by the low price, its a powerful package.įor full 3D work I use VisualMill/RhinoCAM from. SheetCAM is one of the best deals out there at $150. I use AutoSketch 9 for this but there are a lot of 2D CAD programs out there that you can also use, some free, (although I've never come across a free one I liked that much). dxf file and then assign machining processes to the various outlines and holes in the drawing. SheetCAM is a CAM only package, you need to use a 2D CAD program to draw a "top view" version of your design that you import into SheetCAM as a. Its well supported via a yahoo forum monitored daily by the developer, you can ask pre-sales questions there too, its at
You can also haggle with Bobcad about price (quite abit I might add), can't really do that with other software companies.įor a solid and well supported 2.5D package try out the demo version of SheetCAM from. I am building a benchtop CNC from scratch, I will be using Bobcad for it and drawing with my old Cadkey 99 program and using Alibre for 3D work.īobcad is not perfect by no means but its not as bad as some make it sound, now the sales department is ungodly and will hound the out of you if you start talking to them about buying it. V22 is easy to edit and has a true post processor that lets you run the program for any machine and repost if you want the program for another machine, V20/21 does not have this feature. For programming it works just fine, you just have to edit a few things here and there on occasion. Not that it won't draw what you want but it does not work as good as other drawing software and is missing several drawing features others have that make things simpler to draw. Now Bobcad is not perfect in anyway, to me its big drawbacks are in its drawing ability. For a hobbiest Bobcad works fine, heck I use it at work (more of a maintenance shop), V22 is far different than V20/21.