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Engraving .dxf

Posted: Mon, Aug 02 2010, 10:17AM
by Chayne Stallbaumer
I'm trying to route a headstone for a fellow co-worker. Since there is so much information in the ecabs file, it locks the cnc up everytime I try and load it. We have had this problem before and have left the machine trying to load and it eventually does load, hours later. How can we make this quicker? I know that you can load a .dxf file straight to the machine and run it that way. I don't know everything about it though. I have a .dxf I made in AutoCad, but I don't really know how to take it straight to the machine and run it. The other problem is that the piece of wood we are going to put it on is 5" thick. We are not trying to cut it out, simply just trying to engrave it. Any help and ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for you time.
Chayne Stallbaumer
Cabinets, Counters & More
St. Joseph, MO 64506
(816)233-4830

Re: Engraving .dxf

Posted: Mon, Aug 02 2010, 2:17PM
by George Davidson
Hi Chayne
Could you post the DXF from AutoCad I would like to look at it

Re: Engraving .dxf

Posted: Tue, Aug 03 2010, 9:03AM
by Chayne Stallbaumer
George,
How do I upload it? Everytime I try to attach it, it tells me "The extension dxf is not allowed".
Thanks
Chayne

Re: Engraving .dxf

Posted: Tue, Aug 03 2010, 1:24PM
by George Davidson
What you would need to do is put the DXFin a Zip File then it will work.