Wildfire2 to jobshop dxf, dwg

Jan 18, 2005 5 Replies

a lot of the machine shop and jobshop around my area can only read dxf or dwg file into the CNC/CAM. Is there a easy way to convert to formats?


: "bigmouth" wrote : a lot of the machine shop and jobshop around my area can only read dxf or : dwg file into the CNC/CAM. Is there a easy way to convert to formats? :

Have you done this before? Were there problems? It's hard to get a picture of where you're starting from.

We have been saving WF2 file to IGS then converting to DWG/dxf. Just want to know if there is a better way

I don't know anything about the subject, but are we talking 2D or 3D data?

The files are use for laser and waterjet cutting, so they are 2D.

It ought to be pretty easy to export it straight to DXF with 'File>Save a copy'. You just have to make a drawing of your part first. Make the drawing size big enough that you don't have to scale it. DXF doesn't, to my knowledge, communicate scaling information. Don't put dimensions or a format on it, just your one plan view. Then do the save/export to DXF

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