[Coco] Another SDC Case Attempt

[tim lindner]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> Is the gcode (rs274d) to drive a real milling machine in this archive?

No. you'll have to use your own software to create the gcode.

> Downloaded, Thanks Tim and no machine driver code.  Now ghostscript can
> display the .eps files ok, but what the heck is an .ai file?  I can't get
> mc's hex viewer to show me more that 2 bytes of a 600k file.  Doesn't
> report an error, just doesn't do it.

An AI files is an Adobe Illustrator file. It's also a PDF file.

> I could probably make that out of lexan (with a new carbide mill, that
> stuff is TOUGH! and some standoffs.  But what do I do with an .ai file?

It's my native file. With all the layered goodness. Only the basic
shape is in the EPS.

> We have tracing programs that can generate gcode, but I'd have to ask on
> the linuxcnc list if we have something that can read an .eps and make std
> milling machine code out of it.

Yup... you will.

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tim lindner