Hi there,
I ordered my Shopbot last week and I am waiting
for delivery (I am in the UK)
I am struggling for the moment, with the Vector
software (most of my jobs will be cutting and
machining from DXF files I create).
Does anybody have any experience on Vector so that
to help me on the following point :
- Is I worth converting the faceted curves from
DXF into arcs ?
I tried the tool called Arc Spline to convert my
DXF files. But with the settings I use the results
are not satisfactory : for example the tool would
never recognize a complete circle as such.
Question : is it worth tampering with the settings
? Is a Shopbot faster to cut a spline of say 7
feet long composed of 60 facets than the same one
composed of 20 arcs ?
- I have the feeling that the automatisation
offered by the "Contour", "Macro" and "Cycles" can
be very powerful. But I struggle to see there
concrete application.
Could anybody give me a concrete example of the
use of each function with his Shopbot ? It will
help me a lot.
If the Shopbot people are to build on the Vector
software as a graphic interface for the Shopbot,
maybe the documentation available could be
...er... improved.
But as already stated in this Forum, Fred from
IMSERV is very helpful.
Tha