Oh that would have been too easy…įirst I discovered that the Inkscape DXF export doesn’t support layers. My first experiment with one simple path object was successful so I optimistically figured everything else would simply work. I’ve been using Inkscape for other projects for quite a while and I had noticed it would export to DXF so I thought I was all set: just draw my part outlines in Inkscape and export a file for SheetCam. I immediately thought of Inkscape, the free vector drawing program for Windows and Linux.
Someday I’ll probably want to invest in a high-end CAD program but for now I really wanted something very simple and very cheap or even free. So I needed something that would generate DXF and I wanted something simple. SheetCam consumes DXF files – a vector format originated by AutoCad. It probably isn’t the top-of-the-line CAM software available but its (so far) doing the job for me. I’ve been using SheetCam to generate g-code for my CNC mill and so far I’m pretty happy with it.
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