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Originally Posted by M. Krass
No machining tool I've seen uses AutoCAD -- rather, they typically use GCode. Such code can be written by hand or generated automatically based on drawings created in any number of CAD packages. It is true that most CAM packages can read AutoCAD's DWG format, though it is by no means the only format they'll accept.so can import DXF or DWG formatted files from other CAD packages.
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Sorry, that's what I meant. For laser cutters I've used LaserCamm, which comes with its own program that accepts DXF files. The CNC mills used for robot parts use FeatureCAM (at least that's what I'm told).
My main point is that all of these machines work primarily with x and y coordinate motions, where AutoCAD works very well for me. And, as Arefin mentioned above, is the application I am most familiar with.