Hi, I am in the process of 'inheriting' a SCM tech machining center for wood. The previous owner is quite set in his ways and only knows one method for each thing he does with the machine. Basically, we either write programs from scratch using xilog plus, or create text/vector stuff in autocad, save as R12 DXF, open in Xilog, save as PGM and then open at the machine. This works well enough, except when making more complex things, as described in this post: My question is whether it is true that the machine will only understand PGM files created by xilog, or if there are any alternatives that you guys might recommend to simplify processes and/or get the most out of the machine. I now need to get it to cut out a pig shape (attached), and it is proving near impossible! Thanks a lot for any help:-) Attached • (35.1 KB, 105 views) •. Try this.dxf Here's what I did: Open in AutoCAD.

The software Xilog Plus from the SCM Group is used to manage the CNC-machining centres with numerical control. It consists of two pieces of software, which can be installed separately or together: the program editor and the machine control panel.

Select and EXPLODE Use a spline to pline lisp to covert splines to polylines. Use PEDIT to close the polylines. It should work for you. I use a Morbidelli, which also uses Xilog and.pgm files. Sbornik uprazhnenij po russkomu yaziku rozentalj reshebnik.

However, we create all our code in AlphaCAM, and I only use Xilog for editing g-code. With our Morbidelli, the.pgm files are binary, and can't be created without a special post for AlphaCAM. However, we have a utility that can convert standard text g-code files into binary.pgm files. I think it's call Xiso or something similar.

If you have this utility, you can use any CAM program to create your g-code, and then use the utility to convert them to binary.pgm files. You most likely will need a modified post to include the proper header and correct formatting, but most CAM programs should have this capability. Attached • (427.3 KB, 92 views) •. If you're using Xilog Plus you can save any text file with a.xxl file extension.

As long as the code is formatted correctly you can then save as.pgm and it will be converted. You just need a post processor for whatever cam program you are using. Alphacam works well with xilog but it's a bit pricey. Vectric software has a post, is relatively cheap and seems to fit what you're doing well. The only catch is it doesn't use cutter compensation; not a big deal in my opinion. It should save you from a lot of headaches. Importing dxf is not much fun on these machines if I recall correctly; maybe the technology has improved though.