Thread: DXF files - can someone check mine?

Seems to open and scale ok -tried the DXF file.

FYI Autodesk offer a few free options for DWG / DXF viewers which will allow you to check before sending out (or asking on the forum!)

https://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg/viewers

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Sir Stinkalot beat me to it and looks to have used AutoCAD directly, but for what it is worth the slots in the DXF files were 6mm in Fusion 360 after importing them.
Overall size was 464 x 250.

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Iain

Wwwwoooooooooohooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



edit: well look at that. Since Im a small studio and an enthusiast I can get it for free. Done and Done. Imported and played with it. Not so different to Sketchup, but obviously for a vastly different purpose, but will suit me just fine!

Thank you guys.

Now to find a CNC company that will do my templates in MDF!

or, more likely, I save and buy an XYZtech

woodPixel,

for what it is worth, there is also a good 2D AutocCad clone made by Dassault Systems called Draft Sight. I've been using it for a couple of years, it isn't hard to learn.

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Regards
SWK

Evan, Canberra's Plastic Creations (Unit 3/83 Wollongong Street FYSHWICK) have full sheet cnc machine. Send them an email with your dxf and what you want made, they will give you a quote - and can make it right from of acrylic.

Three steps ahead of you

Weve been working together on three big projects and they have been very helpful with quotes and tips. A great company. They have all kinds of amazing machines and plastics. Prices aren't too shabby either

The biggest cost of getting any CNC work done was the drawing, unless you're able to do it yourself. I found this out quite a few years ago, gave a sketch of what I'd like done, and nearly died of the cost, a lot more than I thought. They had a programming charge of $120.00 regardless of the work involved. That's when I went and learnt AutoCAD, no extra charges after that point.

Originally Posted by swk

woodPixel,

for what it is worth, there is also a good 2D AutocCad clone made by Dassault Systems called Draft Sight. I've been using it for a couple of years, it isn't hard to learn.

guide.jpg
Regards
SWK

stopped using autocad 6 yrs ago and use Draft Sight all the time now, almost identical to autocad and its FREE and substantially less resource hungry on the computer than autocad
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Hi WoodPixel

You would be better off getting these cut by a laser. It would be faster, cheaper and possibly even more accurate than CNCing and it leaves you with a polished edge.