I am looking for a short term fix here... the long term is I will end up getting VCarve Pro 5.5 since it does what everything I want and more... but until I get the funds....
I am looking to take work I've done in Corel Draw and turn it into detail g-code for ECM2. The built in image to g-code that comes with ECM2 is no where good enough for what I'm looking for.
I am trying to make a sign for the guy who helped me out in making my CNC mill. This is a logo I made for him a few years ago:
http://i.imgur.com/RTNUn.gif
I made that from the ground up in Corel Draw 11 (yes yes, I know what it looks like... I only had a 2" fuzzy image from a factory repair manual as a starting point). I would like to engrave a sign that is 18" tall X 28" long.
Is there legit free software that will let me do this? I have tried with Ace Converter and can't seem to get it to work. Tried G-Simple, no luck. I've been searching online the last few days and come up empty handed.
Any suggestions to get me by until I get VCarve? I am an utter noob at all this.. .building a CNC mill was easy, using it... eh....
Thank you.