The application exports the halftone image to a DXF file which can be fed into the CAD application that he uses to control his CNC machine. The CNC does the rest, using a v-shaped router bit to ...

Originally (as the name implies) it was geared towards laser cutting, but the project has since evolved to support CNC routers, vinyl cutters, and pretty much anything else that can follow a DXF file.

Hurco is known for its conversational control, which only makes sense considering the company's co-founder Gerald Roch invented that form of CNC programming, and, the company says, it remains the most ...