dxf to gcode convertor program - dxf2G-1.0.4

Hello,

Any one else previously install dxf2G-1.0.4 on linux Ubuntu

I am trying to install dxf2G-1.0.4
I go to terminal and do the following:

tar -xzvf dxf2G-1.0.4.gz (not tgz)
cd dxf2G-1.0.4
make (make generates the errors and warnings below though..)
sudo make install (has problems to)


errors and warnings I get.....
errror: output_file_cnc undeclared (first use in this function)
Warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built in function

try to

sudo apt-get install build-essential

first

Thank you, That seems to have done it. I can get it to run when I click on the dxf2G.tcl file in the folder.
Still seems to be doing some odd things when I install but it works, good enough!

I have test 2 other free gcode generator programs. This one seems to be just as good. Ace and one other one are my comparison.

- I am testing with a wood gear dxf file. The dxf file is the same each time but the *.ngc generated by the different programs are all different.
- Ideal path for going around gear in one continuous path pass never seems to get generated.
- generated paths go left on one cut right on the next and up and down etc.
- I was picturing first pass top cut nicely going around pattern following the gear in one stroke and not going up and down and back and forth so much.
- Given generations I have been getting I am thinking I will be doing a bit of manual programming adjustments.

I will now be doing some testing with the programs that let me test first and pay late to see if those versions do any better.

What have other people seen from the generators that exist out there?

Does the wood gear dxf file contain several separate components... lines, vectors, curves, circles, etc.? If so try combining the ones you want cut together before converting. Also look at making all items vectors.

Rick G