Full
featured text editor
Program formatting tools
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Remove
block numbers, blank lines, comments or spaces
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Program renumbering
with automatic updating of:
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Macro GOTO references
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M98 H_ references (for controls that support this)
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M97 P_ references (for HAAS style subprograms)
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Lathe G70 - G73 "Q" and "P" addresses
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Insert spaces between letter addresses and
macro keywords
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Fix invalid end of line characters
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Convert programs to all caps
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Add or remove comment or block skip characters
Program translation tools
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Mirror
- Rotate
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Shift
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Scale
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Address
Adjustment: Apply math operations to any program addresses
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Address Replace: Good for changing axis names, A to B, etc.
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Address Remove: Unnecessary addresses and their values can be removed
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Address Swap: Exchange any two program addresses
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Convert absolute I / J / K arc center coordinates
to or from incremental I / J / K
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Convert R specified arcs to or from
I / J / K specified arcs
Customize NCPlot:
Preferences, Subprograms, Machine Configuration
Flexible
viewport control
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A wide assortment of plot controls lets you quickly find any
mistakes in your program.
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7
view modes for Mill and 2 for Lathe
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Dynamic zoom, rotate and pan
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Animate, step forward or step backward
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Draw to the cursor, from the cursor or just the selected portion of the program.
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Clicking an entity on the viewport will display the entity properties and
highlight the associated block in the program.
View Controls
Calc Tools
DXF importing
/ exporting
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Advanced G-Code Backplotter includes support for Custom
Macro B
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Backplotting for Mill and Lathe programs.
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Backplot macro
programs offline!
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Can be customized for
different control requirements.
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Built in macro
expression calculator lets you test macro expressions and set and view variables
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Step by step execution of macro programs
allows you to watch program variables as the program is executed
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Breakpoint expression allows the program to run until the expression becomes
True
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Subprogram display allows you to follow program execution even into subprograms
that are not in the loaded file
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Backplotter supports:
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G65 macro subprogram calls
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M98 subprogram call in multiple
command formats
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Plane selection G17, G18 and G19
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Helical arcs
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Automatic corner rounding, corner chamfering
in G01 motions
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Work offsets G54 - G59
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Extended Work offsets G54.1 P1 - P300
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G52 Local work shift
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G92 Coordinate system setting
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G16 Polar
coordinates
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G51 Coordinate
scaling
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G51.1 Mirror image
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G68 Coordinate
system rotation
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G66 Modal macro call
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Local, common and some system variables
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Macro keywords IF, THEN, GOTO, WHILE,
DO and END
Other Tools
Macro Translator
- Execute variable macros offline! All
variable commands are evaluated and the resulting values are used in their
place. This creates a standard G-Code program that can be run on
any machine. NCPlot comes standard with macros for bolt circles,
grid pattern and others.
Support for VBScripting
- Many of NCPlot's internal functions are
available for scripting. This is a powerful tool that makes it
possible to automate many common tasks such as converting files from one
machine to run on another.
Text to G-Code converter
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Instantly create
G-Code from font outlines. Great for etching, creates lettering of any
size, on an angle, or even on an arc.
Macro Expression Calculator
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