viaconstructor 0.6.8

python based cam-tool to convert dxf into gcode

# viaConstructor

OpenSource CAM-Tool to generate gCode from DXF,SVG and HPGL-Files

## Known Issues: * beta - version * >= Python-3.9 * running on Linux, OS-X and Windows * may be unstable on Windows * problems with some OpenGL versions (black 3D-View) * tabs on circles sometimes broken * slow on very big files

## Features:

• 3D-Preview

• Tabs and Pockets with Islands

• Headless-Support to generate gcode on the console

• the preview of the milling path is generated by the original gcode data using a simple gcode-interpreter

• the offsets are calculated internaly, no offset-support in the cnc controller is needed

• the gcode-interpreter can be used externaly to generate thumbnails and previews

• the dxf-reader can be used externaly to generate thumbnails and previews

• automatic offset finder (inside/outside)

• automatic order of multiple parts (nearest first)

• nested parts will milled in the right order (inside parts first)

• can read DXF, SVG, HPGL and STL (cross section)

• Truetype-Fonts to generate simple Text

• generates gCode and HPGL output

## demo-video [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBiqeqKDsk “Demo-Video”)

## screenshot 

## quikstart

### install with pip ` pip3 install viaconstructor `

### get code ` git clone https://github.com/multigcs/viaconstructor.git cd viaconstructor pip3 install -r requirements.txt `

### start viaconstructor ` ./bin/viaconstructor tests/data/simple.dxf `

### thumbnail generator: gcode to jpg ` ./bin/gcodepreview tests/data/simple.ngc -o tests/data/simple.jpg `

### thumbnail generator: dxf to jpg ` ./bin/dxfpreview tests/data/simple.dxf -o tests/data/simple.jpg `

### running on macos/osx ` brew install python@3.10 git clone https://github.com/multigcs/viaconstructor.git cd viaconstructor /usr/local/bin/python3 -m pip install -r requirements-install.txt /usr/local/bin/python3 -m viaconstructor tests/data/simple.dxf `

### running on Windows10 you can simply extract this zip file to you disk and execute the start.bat:

https://www.multixmedia.org/viaconstructor.zip

this zip-file includes python3.10.10 and all needed packages

or

install python3.10.10 from: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.10/python-3.10.10-amd64.exe install git from: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.40.0.windows.1/Git-2.40.0-64-bit.exe at the moment, you need also Visual Studio Community 2022 from: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/ (to install pyclipper / some dll’s needed for CavalierContours) ` git clone https://github.com/multigcs/viaconstructor.git python3.exe -m pip install -r requirements-install.in python3.exe -m viaconstructor tests/data/simple.dxf `

## Screenshots

### Helix 

### Overcut 

### Tabs 

### Pockets 

### Lead-In/Lead-Out 

### OSX 

### Windows