From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vgg8a7$26lt0$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 11/5/2024 6:53 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> So is it a compiler?  ... No I think its best described as a specialized   
   >> interpreter.   
      
      
   > I simply wondered if CAD systems typically generated readable and editable   
   > G code.   
      
   Ready for it?   
      
   No.  Cad generates pretty pictures.  CAM generates g-code (or other code   
   possibly).   
      
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   The electronic design CAD systems I'm familiar with could export the line   
   vectors and properties or circuit connections behind the pretty pictures in   
   an ASCII text file that the CAM program from another company with different   
   expertise could accept, sometimes after tweaking. The text file format was   
   different from G or Gerber code but the two could be related, element by   
   element.   
      
   Have you tried Notepad++?   
      
   Sorry if I don't know all the proper CAD or CAM terms. I sketch parts on   
   paper as I learned in Jr High when my antique machines were new and don't   
   have even a DRO on them.   
      
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