I'm having a local company with a Shopbot cut some parts for me. My material is a 4x8 sheet of plywood. I have all the parts laid out in ProEngineer (ProE). Here's what I've done so far.
- I exported the ProE drawing to .dxf.
- Opened the .dxf in Inkscape so that I could change some of the line colors to help communicate cut depth for counter bores and other cuts that aren't through holes.
- Changed the necessary line colors in Inkscape and exported to .dxf again.
The guy I've been working with said there are many issues with the Inkscape .dxf files including lines being open (not connected) and the scale being incorrect. I sent the native .dxf files exported from ProE but I don't know if he has tried them yet. He said he uses the arc-inch module for generating .sbp files. I don't think I can create a .sbp file since I don't have the necessary software. I'd really like to get some help on the .dxf process or help using a different file type.
The main pain point I have with .dxf is communicating cut depth for non thru cuts - thus the reason for using Inkscape to color-code the cut depth.
I've attached a PDF (exported from Inkscape) for reference. This layout only has a few parts - the other PDF I have is too big for the forum but has way more parts and fills the 4x8 sheet.
If you have a different process or method please let me know. I'd be happy to provide a .dxf file if anyone wants to try and open it.
Thanks!