NC Code Editor Panel
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The NC Code Editor Panel displays the CNC control program’s text, facilitating various manipulations to shape the machining process for the part. On the panel, there is a Panel for working NC Code Editor (See more) that allows for various manipulations of the program’s control code. This includes functionalities like automatic breakdown of the program into operations, searching within the control program’s text, and more.
Additionally, a context menu appears on right-click, offering quick markup capabilities for the control program, such as highlighting new operations and similar actions.
For the rapid construction of the technological process processing tree, four sections are highlighted: Set begin of, Add new operations, Merge with, Delete current operations.
Set begin of.
Current operation. Allows you to move the operation’s start marker.
Next operation. It allows you to place a marker in the window and create a new operation in the technological process tree.
Next NC-related operation. The start of the next G-code-based operation will be set from the block where the cursor is positioned.
New operation. Allows you to create an operation by setting a marker and adding a new operation to the technological process tree.
Add new operations.
Merge with.
Previous operation. Allows merging with the previous operation.
Next operation. Allows merging with the next operation.
Delete current operations. This allows you to delete both the marker and the operation from the technological process tree, which also removes the control program associated with that operation
The right-click menu on the file includes the following commands:
Split by Operations. This command splits the current NC program's text by operations, saving each operation in a separate control program file.
Split by Lines. This command splits the current NC program's text by a specified number of lines, creating multiple files, each containing the specified number of lines.
Split by Bytes. This command splits the current NC program's text by a specified number of bytes, generating multiple files, each containing the specified number of bytes.
Also on this panel is the Explorer panel toggle button, which allows you to manage multiple NC program files, load NC programs using the file explorer, and more. See more
Working with multiple control programs
The system allows for the use of multiple CNC control programs.
For quick switching between them, you can click on the current program, and a list of available programs will appear.
This is useful when working on a single part, but the control programs are grouped into different files for convenience. You can also navigate to a main control program that will handle the division between individual programs. A special marker is created to indicate that the following lines of the NC program originate from a different file.
Additionally, there is an option to save a consolidated control program file. For this you need to use Panel for working NC Code Editor. See more