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--- quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:dxf-import [2019/07/05 12:11] – ivan
+++ quickstart:mycnc-quick-start:dxf-import [2020/01/31 13:25] – ivan
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 =====Importing DXF files into myCNC=====
-The following manual is designed to give the reader a quick introduction on importing DXF files into myCNC software to convert to G-Code.
+The following manual is designed to give the reader a quick introduction on importing DXF files into myCNC software to convert to G-Code. Note that the DXF import window allows the user to combine different technologies, provided that their tool paths have been drawn in different layers (DXF files) or in different pens/colours (HPGL files). That will allow to assign a particular technology to each such layer/pen (for example, using a spindle or a marker alongside a tangential knife). The myCNC software will automatically add all the necessary tool change and tool lift macros when generating the G-code file from the imported drawing.
 Upon pressing the **Open DXF** file and navigating to the particular file you would like to open, the following window is shown:
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+====DXF import settings configuration dialogue====
+For a full description of the DXF settings configuration dialogue, please consult the [[mycnc:mycnc_configuration_dialogs#dxf_import_settings|myCNC Configuration Dialogues page]].