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Bryan1

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Joined: 22/02/2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 1842

Posted: 12:29am 12 Feb 2026

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Hi Peter yesterday I got DXF2Gcode going on MX25 and it only saved to a ngc file so I tried the cnczone web app to convert the DXF file only to find rather than my snap point it was like 4 digits past the zero point and it plotted the dot to a shape.

So thought why not make my own gcode file so I saved a copy of the perf plate file in LibreCAD and as I wrote the file deleted each row of points to make I got them all.

So basically a 5x5 grid on a 97.5 diameter copper sheet and 240 2mm holes along with a 10 mm hole in the centre and a 19mm hole.

Regards Bryan

PeterB
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Joined: 05/02/2015
Location: Australia
Posts: 667

Posted: 10:23am 12 Feb 2026

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G'day again.

ddns about 6 inches back suggested pcb2gcodeugi and that is what I used.
Sometime in the next few years I will be on my deathbed and I will have this brilliant flash of understanding, all too late.
But such is life and it is frustrating and fun.

Peter

PeterB
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Posted: 10:25am 12 Feb 2026

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Correction.

Thats gui not ugi

Peter

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