Ordered some odd shapes cut from 3mm steel from Andyw7de a few days ago and
just arrived

Very nicely done Sir

[Edited on 4/3/10 by NigeEss]

You are very welcome

Thanks for the business

Out of interest, what format do you need files in to be able to cut anything out?

Would the files the eMachine Shop produces be ok?

I may have need for nicely cut out things for my next pkanned build

ETA:

Is it feasible to be able to make a tempklate from card then have a steel or ali piece made to match? That would probably make life easier in terms of getting some brackets right.

[Edited on 4/3/10 by StevieB]

.dxf is the norm AFAIK and that's what I sent.

What does eMachine produce ?

As Nige says really, the best format for us is either .dwg of .dxf

That being said a simple sketch with lots of dimensions is usually good enough

Templates can be a pain as trying to match curves is not easy.

What ever format we get we need to produce an .nc file which our software does from a .dxf file

hope this helps

cheers

Andy

Turns out that you can export from eMachineShop to AutoCAD .dxf format.

That said, I did an A Level quite a few years ago in Geometrical Engineering using the old fashioned drawing board method and am a lot more comfortable with this!

I do intent to get round to acquiring/learning AutoCAD and SolidWorks one day, whenever I can find a version cheap enough...

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Originally posted by StevieB
I do intent to get round to acquiring/learning AutoCAD and SolidWorks one day, whenever I can find a version cheap enough...

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