For some wired reason, meshcam dows-sizes my holes by .005, the hole is suppose to be 1/8" to clear M3 bolts, sometimes it does cut the holes right on the money, but most of the time, they are undersized… I sent and email to Robert from meshcam and he refunded my money.
So now, I’m doing this work flow:
AutoCad - DXF
DWG to SVG Converter
Makercam - gCode
But now I encounter that, when importing the SVG file created by “DWG to SVG Converter”, my 1/8" holes are a bit larger then an 1/8" circle created within makercam.
Does anybody has any suggestions for me to try and eliminate some of the steps I’m taking? I’m cutting 2D parts… I hope there’s an easy fix, that you guys might be able to help me with…
My guess would be you need a tool that can CAM directly from DXF. Or a tool that can open DXF file (automatically converting it to SVG). Perhaps if you know the author of Makercam, you can ask him to implement this feature?
Quick Update! I was able to find that the DWG to SVG Converte to Makercam SVG resolution has to be 164px… now I need to give it a shot with shapeoko and see what it does…
@Dat_Chu
If I could find the option of drawing an 1/8" circle within http://jscut.org I could tested… u know? like makercam has the “insert - circle” option? I need to make sure that the SVG file it’s at the right resolution…
@javierymirna@Edward_Ford would be the one to talk to about adding a possible feature to makercam. I’m not sure it would be worth it or not. Let us know how updating your makercam preferences to the 164px/in svg.
