Quote Originally Posted by DaveEP View Post
Since Sketchup Pro can export AutoCad files, would that solve the problem of importing in to CAM programs ?
Yes, I'm sure it does. The thing is, most of us are allergic to spending money. Exporting .DXF files is only the start of the trouble.
It's the import of that into the CAM engine to generate the G Code.
All the tools I tried, got tangled up in knots.

admittedly I really don't know how to drive MasterCAM. ArtCam took in the dxf and flattened it! It doesn't import STL files.

I know that I can model it in such a way for the likes of ACE converter Or G-Scriber to make. I hoped there was a tool available to me that could take the 3D model and dump out G Code.


NOTE to Moderator: This thread has gone way off topic. Could one of you put it some place more suitable? Please?