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The CAD Converter converts and corrects for errors in the cutter path like no other product on the market.  Bad drawings are now a thing of the past.   If your drawings contain:

• duplicate geometry
• gaps
• overlapping geometry
• consecutive geometry
• arcs that are not truly tangent
•  or a multitude of other potential problems

the P.E.P. CAD Converter will automatically fix the geometry. Other products fix some of the problems, but only P.E.P. fixes them all, automatically.

Other features of the CAD Converter include scaling, etching, grain constraint control, to name a few.

The P.E.P. CAD Converter can convert the following CAD files directly:

• AutoCAD DWG 10
• AutoCAD DWG 12 
•  AutoCAD DWG 13
• AutoCAD DWG 14
• AutoCAD DWG 2000
• CADKEY CAD-L files
• MetalSoft files
• HPGL files
• Abacus files

Another feature of the CAD Converter is the PATTERN RECOGNITION capability which saves duplicate cutouts of all sizes and shapes as a sub program call within the newly created P.E.P. Drawing. When the P.E.P. Drawings are nested and posted, the sub programs, cutouts and the drawings are both output as sub programs within the main posted program. This drastically reduces the size of the posted code.

The CAD Converter does the following all automatically!

• Deletes invalid layers and invalid geometry.
• Inserts missing geometry.
• Extends line(s) and arc(s) geometry to close gaps.
• Combines consecutive line and arc geometry.
• Supports special cycles: Etch, scribe, drill, punch-mark, pierce only, bevel, and display only.
• Sequences special cycles, internal cutouts and the external boundary of the part in the appropriate direction and in the correct order using the shortest cutter path approach.

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