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Program to draw Wall Framing

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jimiz

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Aug 11, 2005
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I am interested in a program that can help our company interact with computer controlled saws and lasers. We are Whisper Creek Log Homes, a log home manufacturing facility in Arkansas. We have purchased a few Spida saws and some lasers from SL Lasers for wall construction. The formats that are accepted for the Spida saws are .mme, .grf, .gwf, .ssf, & .omm. The lasers accept .tps & .dxf. The .dxf is a format that we should be able to convert out of Autocad.

After speaking with both companies, I was under the impression that if we drew our wall framing plans in a truss program that the lasers and saws will be able to interpret the drawings without problems. Is there a program that allows conversion of autocad drawings into the same format as the truss programs? If not, what type of program do you recommend for a simple wall framing usage? If I have omitted any information that you may need, please contact me. I appreciate your time and efforts in this matter.

Thank you.

 
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dxf is a native format for AutoCAD.
If you need custom software, I may be able to help.
 
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