Estlcam with Artcam toolpaths

I was searching in the web for a single way to use the Artcam`s toolpaths in Estlcam, but i found nothing. so i have to get in the ring and try it by myself. i don´t really know if this is a common knowledge in the community, but i find an easy way to do it. its really easy, you only have to save the toolpaths in the Artcam with the postprocesor called G-CODE (mm).tap (i guess if you select the option in inches, should be the same, but with inches like unit). then you have to rename the toolpath file to a *.nc extension (just press F2 on Windows and change the extension). now you have a compatible G-Code program ready to run with estlcam as CNC Controller.

i hope that somebody can understand my poor english.

Hi,

if you want to run externally created CNC code with Estlcam the file extension needs to be changed to .nc and the g-code needs to be limited to the basic commands G00 to G03 - so no cycles and other advanced things. Other than that Estlcams g-code parser is rather relaxed and will accept most input.

Christian