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LOL I expect mr sebtiger would now show me a clean pair of heels!

If anyone else wants the answers to his GSimple questions then I use it as follows:
1. Draw your cutter paths in whatever 2D CAD...

I use G-Simple, which is free, to convert .dxf files of my cutter paths into G-Code.

And I use NanoCAD5 to draw the parts and then the offsets for whichever cutter I intend to use. I then export...

Double post!

But I did say that I'm not a programmer! ;-)

It's a bit ugly but I have written myself an Excel spreadsheet to do this.
I enter the original G-Code and specify the X and Y offsets that I want.

If you have put enough REM statements into your...

Personally, I wouldn't want to put all of my eggs into a basket that someone can take away from me further down the road!

At least is you have the software on your pc it can be used even if...

Nah!

Probably not within my allowed actions.

I can't see any obvious button for reporting posts. :-(

Is there no way of filtering out the non-CNC rubbish that seems to be infecting this forum?

If you are just wanting to do 2.5D stuff then GSimple is FREE.

I use it to produce quite complex parts for radio control cars. It does most things, including thread milling, although I have to...

I had to find out what a PGM file was first. :-)
So, Your G-Code will direct a cutter of a known dia along a path and you want to create an image using that data and assigning a shade of grey to...

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No problem.

It can get a tad quirky at times doing bulges and pockets but once you understand what it is going to do it is a really powerful little programme. If you only want to engrave a line...

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Have you tried GSimple?
It is free and works well for me. I use it to create G-Code for my Novamill.
You can draw simple shapes or import .dxf files. When you do the latter, make sure that you...

Thanks Stutank. I thought about temporary offsets but that still leaves me swapping tools like a madman unless I swap offsets for each position for each tool. Possible but I think I will mess it...

Thanks for your replies. I didn't think that anyone had responded from the list of threads as it showed no replies.

@rcs60 I didn't want to do it by offsets as I was sure that it would end in...

If I already have my G-Code, is there a utility that will replicate it at a given offset in X or Y so that I can produce multiple items from a single piece of material?

I started with a Novamill and no knowledge of CNC programming in 2011.
I use a free 2D drawing package called NanoCAD which is a Russian version of AutoCAD but free to non-commercial users.
I then...

Can it import a .dxf and convert it to an engraved path?
I use Gsimple and try to use as many standard pockets and bulges as I can but there comes a time where you just have to draw it in 2D and...

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OOPS!

Double post. So I will give you a picture. ;-)

I would just like to say that Gsimple is a brilliant programme and that it has helped me enormously in coming to terms with G-Code.

I have used it to make quite complicated parts and once you have...

It was by reading the code that enabled me to identify that it was plunging at the feed rate in the first place.

But no worries, I have found the problem and it is me!

It was supposed to be...