CNC program simulators

[blkexp98]

Are there any programs other than cnc simulator that will simulate a program i have written. Ive tried that one but would like to have something a little better. Also if it costs a little thats fine but free is always nice. Im sure there has to be some demos out there but i would really like to use it more than 30 days. Have any of you run across anything like this? Id be mostly interested in ones that will show a mill program but lathe would be a nice addition.

Thanks, Major

[Pres]

Try www.ncplot.com
Not sure if this is what you want but it works great for my quickie G code programs.

The isometric view is really helpful to see if I made any big mistakes.

Ver 1.1 is free.

V2+ is $75 and has alot of extras (like machine configs, etc)

IMHO an excellent proggie and just what I needed.
(my Win98/1ghz pc runs it faster than I can see it, but the 'animate' function can display the G codes block by block)

The programmer (Scott Martinez) provided top quality support. When I had an installation problem on his latest beta release he stuck with it until it was fixed -in a matter of hours.

Good luck,
Pres

[Al_The_Man]

Free one at MicroTech.
http://www.cncsimulator.com/
Al.

[Switcher]

Originally Posted by Pres Try www.ncplot.com Not sure if this is what you want but it works great for my quickie G code programs. The isometric view is really helpful to see if I made any big mistakes. Ver 1.1 is free. V2+ is $75 and has alot of extras (like machine configs, etc) IMHO an excellent proggie and just what I needed. (my Win98/1ghz pc runs it faster than I can see it, but the 'animate' function can display the G codes block by block) The programmer (Scott Martinez) provided top quality support. When I had an installation problem on his latest beta release he stuck with it until it was fixed -in a matter of hours. Good luck, Pres

I second that.

I would suggest to get the latest version of NcPlot, Scott has done some cool stuff with his program.

You can edit the g-code as often as needed to get the result you want. Then you can simulate the code.



He has a lot of great features, in his program. http://www.ncplot.com/ncplotv2/ncplotv2.htm



Also Scott is here on cnczone, very often. http://www.cnczone.com/forums/ncplot_g-code_editor_backplotter/


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