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islander261
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Gcodetools

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Hello

The topics says it all. Is anyone else using Gcodetools as their CAM solution? Or do most of you export SVG files to Sheetcam as your work flow? I have been using Gcodetools but still need to hand edit resultant files to get the output compatible with my Torchmate controller. So does anyone know how to setup Gcodetools to not output separate G01 lines for pierces and G0 lines to retract the torch at the end of a cut? Torchmate SW and ATHC don't need separate code to do this so I just hand edit my code in Notepad for now.

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Re: Gcodetools

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After watching a tutorial on Gcodetools it seems to be much easier to use sheetcam to do the things shown in the tutorial.
But if you are wanting to stay with free programs it may be a way to go for you.
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