Step 1: Generate the G-Code from your DXF files
JPG to G-Code Converter. The engraving software is suitable for 3D milling or 3D engraving of colour images, grayscale images and photos with. In this process, you create according to your wishes for the milling paths of a 3D relief. The CNC milling machine creates the desired 3D object from the data. PCIToGCode is a software developed to convert an image of a printed circuit board (PCB) in to a G code file. Using the G code file, you can mill a PCB using a CNC milling machine. This software was developed to help and to speed up the manufacturing process of a PCB prototype. Slic3r is a free open source STL to G-code converter software for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is a dedicated 3D printing software through which you can generate the G-code of a 3D model present in an STL file. Apart from STL, this software can also generate the G-code using 3D models carried by OBJ, 3MF, and AMF files.
- Download and extract DXF2GCODE. Within this app, open your DXF file
- Select/deselect all layers in the left layer window (Layer)
- Alternatively, in the shown image, click on the shapes (outlines, holes etc.) you want to include in your G-Code
- Choose milling depth, milling speed etc. and optionally, move origin-point (0,0)
- Export pathes to G-Code
Step 2: Load the generated G-Code into a simulator
G Code Milling Software
Before running the G-Code on your CNC milling machine, let’s try it out in a simulator.
- You can open the generated G-Code in a plain text editor (Notepad etc.)
- Copy & paste the generated G-Code into a G-Code simulator. The red lines show the CNC machine tool movements within the air
Step 3: Load the generated G-Code into your CNC milling software
Milling G Code Software Online
Open the G-code with your CNC milling machine software (e.g. Mach3)