Professor Vector by WB9RAA

   
Professor Vector is by far most affordable way to generate a variety of DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) files for 3D Printing, CNC work and general CAD development.


Click to see screen shots of various imports. And grab a sample of some DXF generated file to test on your own imports.



DXF files are an open source standard developed by AutoDesk in 1982, and like Adobe PDF file they are What You See is What You Get. So the will be the same size on every machine and CAD program!

I am retired and fortunate to have three of the best toys; a BobsCNC Evolution 4 CNC Machine, A Prusa 3D Printer and a Orthur Laser Master2 Etcher. One thing they all have in common is they start with a 2D design and extrude it to 3D in a CAD program. One day I was designing a flower frog holder for my wife and I didn't know it I should start in ViaCAD or Vectrics, do I want wood or plastic. Then It dawned on me I could design a template in either and export the DXF to the other program.

Well the light bulb turned on and being a retired software engineer I designed to design one of the most affordable easiest to use simple apps to generate DXF files for my CNC, 3D printer and/or laser etcher. Here it is Professor Vector, it will design shapes that will match exactly the same size when Cut, Printed or Burnt! Thanks to the DXF file format.

Professor Vector can genrate artist designed or mechanical designs in 2D DXF files. DXF file are unit-less, so it doesn't matter if you work in millimeters, inches, meters or yards, as long as the units you use are consistent they will be perfect.


See the Gallery of shapes


You can append shapes to the same DXF file at different Z heights, or only save one shape per file. The choice is yours.

The DXF files generated by a registered licensed copy of Professor Vector are royalty free to use. Even the Penrose impossible triangle is not copyrighted, but is public domain. The output files DXF, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG and WMF can be used for Personal and Commercial use without any further payments to the Author.

DXF files can be read by a wide variety of programs, a short list is:

Click to see screen shots of various imports. And grab a sample of some DXF generated file to test on your own imports.


If you find these Apps useful and would like to send me a one time donation, I'd be grateful.



Thank you in advance