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Maybe this is the right place to ask this. I had a guy today ask me if I could change a vector into a G-Code format. He has a CNC and says it uses G-Code to operate. 

 

Thanks in advance for your help...

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Inkscape has an extension that can do this, although I've not played around with it to know any more than the fact that it exist.

I have created shapes in Inkscape and exported them as .dxf files that a buddy of mine then opened in his CNC software and cut the object for me.

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G-Code will be different depending on what machine controller you run it on. A post-processor software is required to convert the XY cutter paths to the G-Code for each specific machine.

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Yeah, that's what the extension in Inkscape does, don't know how machine specific it is though. G-Code is a programing language, not a simple file type. It's the base language that most CNC software programs use to control the CNC. Your buddy with the CNC, I would assume has some software that he uses, I can't image he writes the G-Code every time he wants to make something. Find out what his software is and what file types it supports. Inkscape can export to a wide range of file types, it should be able to export to something that he can open with his software.

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