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Dec 12, 2017 - LazyCam is CAM software developed by ArtSoft itself and comes free with Mach3. It allows import of DXF and other files formats into Mach3,. The Home Machinist! As I said in my first post about my little CNC mill I am currently using the trial version of Mach3 to control the machine. Included along with Mach3 is a trial version of LazyCam which will (supposedly) convert DXF files into G-code after you input the tool info, offsets etc.
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Due to the availability of other, more mature, low cost CAM packages, LazyCam development has ceased and it will remain in permanent Beta status. LazyCam is not intended – and not supported – for use in a production environment.
LazyCam is a BETA-release free importer included with Mach3. It’s purpose is to import standard dxf, cmx, and other file types to allow those that do not use CAM programs to more easily generate Gcode to be run under Mach3. The Basic (free) edition of LazyCam that is included with Mach3 carries no cost, but will only output 50 lines of gcode if Mach3 is running in Demo mode. There is an optional PRO level upgrade that turns on advanced features such as object offsetting, pocketing, etc. As the software is BETA, not all features are fully functional – please thoroughly test your files before purchasing a Pro license!
(Note: Requires the “.net 2.0 update” from Microsoft to prevent an error at startup.)
You will be purchasing one license to unlock the full version of the LazyCam Pro software.
The License allows the use of advanced features such as offsetting, etc.
In this video I have shown how to convert an Autocad drawing to Gcode for CNC machining using Lazycam.
At first a rectangle is Exploded into path using ‘explode’ command. Then ‘monotext’ is used as font because other fonts would break into double lined texts when using ‘txtexp’ command to Explode the text to path, for the sake of simplicity.
The completed file is then saved as AutoCad R12 DXF format which for my case were best supported by the LazyCam software.
Then it is imported to LazyCam which produces the Gcode for CNC Machining. LazyCam has several profiles, in this case Mill is used. Then clicking on the Optimize button optimizes it’s rapids (by which path the machine moves rapidly) and then resets the origin to 0,0 position. Then there is scale adjustments, first it is told to measure in mm. By clicking again I set the value in mm.
Post Code posts the gcode in a file which is later imported into Mach3 for machining. Configuring Mach3 for CNC machine is another topic and it is generally provided by the manufacturer. Also they have a good website on this: http://www.machsupport.com/ with support forums. Here is the video: