Hey guys, thanks for the response, i see i havent done my research,

Michael, the CAM software i use does not accept AI (illustrator), and i dont have that application... i will see if i can get a utility to transfer your formats into something that Mach3 supports ( CMX,DWF,CGM,PLT,PCT,DRW,WMF,EMF,GBR,SHP,PRN,SVG,WPG,WMZ,DRL),,,

wow, that was a lot of acronyms...

i think i should come right with doing something in the AI format...

also, if i draw a cube in moi, can i export all 6 sides as individual 2d objects from MOI?

i will update this when i get a common format that works between the two applications (MOI & Mach3)

thanks again

< also, if i draw a cube in moi, can i export all 6 sides as individual 2d objects from MOI?
Seems yes but you must move each facetts in a same view because you must choose a view before the export!
You can use the function Offset for extract some facetts and after you can move, rotate, as you want etc...your 6 faces in a same view before the export al :)

If you make the export in the 3D view you will obtain some losanges!!!
So use the top, right, front views for have any deformations!!!

Hi Hightower, well I am really surprised that Mach3 supports all those different formats but not AI or IGES. I would have thought that especially AI would be at the top of their list...

I tried looking around and it seems to be hard to find a free converter from AI.

One thing that would work for sure is either Rhino or Adobe Illustrator.


> also, if i draw a cube in moi, can i export all 6 sides as individual 2d objects from MOI?

There isn't any automatic method, but you could do this by selecting the cube and using Edit/Separate to break it into different surfaces, then select the surfaces one at a time and use File / Export to export each one to a different file.

File / Export will only write out the selected objects to the file instead of everything like Save As does.

- Michael