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
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11-22-2006, 06:08 AM #1
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11-22-2006, 06:52 AM #2
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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
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11-22-2006, 03:51 PM #3
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Free one at MicroTech.
http://www.cncsimulator.com/
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11-22-2006, 04:01 PM #4
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I second that.
Originally Posted by Pres
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/forumdisplay.php?f=269
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