Intercon - Incremental Programming for 'Contouring for DXF'

[nandkishork59]

In the Intercon, I am able to go to CAM - FILE - New - Give File Name - Other F6 - Import DXF (say for a simple rectangle), etc. and construct and modify the program without any difficulties.
What I wish is the Program thus created by importing DXF be Incremental rather than absolute so that copy and paste to a new location would save the efforts....
Is this possible? How?
Some similar question I have regarding Frame also. But shall ask in another topic - if required - after this issue is addressed.
Thanks ... our forum is really helpful for me on many fronts......

[cnckeith]

dxf is designed so that you do the cad work in a cad system before importing into Intercon so that the geometry is in a ready to be machined location etc.. that is the best approach... also.. you can use the repeat feature in intercon to "copy" blocks of intercon lines to a new location as well.

[nandkishork59]

Tks Keith. Copy (and paste) approach I have already experimented.
Meanwhile I had explored the historic communications on the forum on the subject of Import DXF. I understand from some posts that current Acorn versions (including Acorn with Pro License) - the Import DXF (F8) - option is not available.
Is this understanding correct? Need to know this for future possibilities.
thanks again.....

[nandkishork59]

Interesting Import DXF Features......

I mean all the interesting value adding activities (post Import DXF) mentioned in the manual will not be available to the user if this Import DXF (F8) option is not available (in Acorn Pro).......

[cncsnw]

Addressing the original subject of this thread: Intercon is not designed to generate all-incremental programs. That would be a very major revision/expansion, with a host of unintended consequences (e.g. how far is it to Z home?).

To make a program or feature reusable and relocatable, you will want to look at different ways of shifting the part zero, so that the absolute G codes generated by Intercon can run in different places. That is generally done either with different part zeros (G54-G59 etc.) or with the G52 shift code. You can insert either of those things into an Intercon program using Insert -> Other -> M&G Code.

[nandkishork59]

Tks cncsnw for a very clear comment on Intercon constraints and a get around solution (G52).....

[martyscncgarage]

Its been mentioned that Centroid may update and bring back .dxf import, if and when is up to Centroid. Their challenge are the "variants" of .dxf files.
They may specify what .dxf types/version would be supported. All speculation on my part. Take it for what its worth.
Marty