CNC file viewer

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I have some files from an automatic burning machine. They are vector files I
believe. Not sure though , the burning machine has a trace function that
saves the files with a cnc extension. Like 123.cnc the problem is the people
that ran the machine kept using the same numbers for different pieces. Save
to disk but have no way to view the files on a PC and viewing them on the
machine is tedious. A sample file is shown below.


%
N00P0001(FLANGE)
N10G70
N20G91
N30X34.525Y20.225
N40G97
N50M04
N60G03X.75I.375
N70I-15.05
N80X-.75I-.375
N90M03
N100X3.7
N110M04
N120X.5I.25
N130I-.5
N140X-.5I-.25
N150M03
N160X-5.2725Y12.7275
N170M04
N180X.5I.25
N190I-.5
N200X-.5I-.25
N210M03
N220X-12.7275Y5.2725
N230M04
N240X.5I.25
N250I-.5
N260X-.5I-.25
N270M03
N280X-12.7275Y-5.2725
N290M04
N300X.5I.25
N310I-.5
N320X-.5I-.25
N330M03
N340X-5.2725Y-12.7275
N350M04
N360X.5I.25
N370I-.5
N380X-.5I-.25
N390M03
N400X5.2725Y-12.7275
N410M04
N420X.5I.25
N430I-.5
N440X-.5I-.25
N450M03
N460X12.7275Y-5.2725
N470M04
N480X.5I.25
N490I-.5
N500X-.5I-.25
N510M03
N520X12.7275Y5.2725
N530M04
N540X.5I.25
N550I-.5
N560X-.5I-.25
N570M03
N580X1.5375Y-1.5375
N590M04
N600X-.53Y.53I-.265J.265
N610G02I-13.735J13.735
N620G03X.53Y-.53I.265J-.265
N630M03
N640X39.735Y14.265
N650G98
N660M30

That is all there is to be seen when viewing the file in word pad. Any Idea
for a program that would show the Item in a 2D view.

MM
 
MM said:
I have some files from an automatic burning machine. They are vector files I
believe. Not sure though , the burning machine has a trace function that
saves the files with a cnc extension. Like 123.cnc the problem is the people
that ran the machine kept using the same numbers for different pieces. Save
to disk but have no way to view the files on a PC and viewing them on the
machine is tedious. A sample file is shown below.


%
N00P0001(FLANGE)
N10G70
N20G91
N30X34.525Y20.225
N40G97
N50M04
N60G03X.75I.375
N70I-15.05
N80X-.75I-.375
N90M03
N100X3.7
N110M04
N120X.5I.25
N130I-.5
N140X-.5I-.25
N150M03
N160X-5.2725Y12.7275
N170M04
N180X.5I.25
N190I-.5
N200X-.5I-.25
N210M03
N220X-12.7275Y5.2725
N230M04
N240X.5I.25
N250I-.5
N260X-.5I-.25
N270M03
N280X-12.7275Y-5.2725
N290M04
N300X.5I.25
N310I-.5
N320X-.5I-.25
N330M03
N340X-5.2725Y-12.7275
N350M04
N360X.5I.25
N370I-.5
N380X-.5I-.25
N390M03
N400X5.2725Y-12.7275
N410M04
N420X.5I.25
N430I-.5
N440X-.5I-.25
N450M03
N460X12.7275Y-5.2725
N470M04
N480X.5I.25
N490I-.5
N500X-.5I-.25
N510M03
N520X12.7275Y5.2725
N530M04
N540X.5I.25
N550I-.5
N560X-.5I-.25
N570M03
N580X1.5375Y-1.5375
N590M04
N600X-.53Y.53I-.265J.265
N610G02I-13.735J13.735
N620G03X.53Y-.53I.265J-.265
N630M03
N640X39.735Y14.265
N650G98
N660M30

That is all there is to be seen when viewing the file in word pad. Any Idea
for a program that would show the Item in a 2D view.

MM
Click to expand...

Hmmm... this one is not familiar. Are you talking about CNC milling machines
like are used in machining shops? I used to be a machinist many years ago
and the programming language I trained on and used was a form of BASIC from
way back when that needed line numbers etc. From what I could tell it was
just BASIC with some added commands targeted at 3D movement and geometry.
What I was using at the time to write the CNC code was a DOS 6.2 286 12MHz
system with 640k of memory and two floppy drives ;-)
It didn't look anything like this. I will ask around to some of my former
co-workers that staid with machining.

Regards,

-Skon
 
Hmmm... this one is not familiar. Are you talking about CNC milling machines
like are used in machining shops? I used to be a machinist many years ago
and the programming language I trained on and used was a form of BASIC from
way back when that needed line numbers etc. From what I could tell it was
just BASIC with some added commands targeted at 3D movement and geometry.
What I was using at the time to write the CNC code was a DOS 6.2 286 12MHz
system with 640k of memory and two floppy drives ;-)
It didn't look anything like this. I will ask around to some of my former
co-workers that staid with machining.

Regards,

-Skon
Click to expand...
http://www.jjjtrain.com/vms/cnc_control.html

Standard G Code
Perhaps with a few machine specific settings.
Maybe a search for a G Code path verifier?

wws
 
MM said:
I have some files from an automatic burning machine. They are vector files I
believe. Not sure though , the burning machine has a trace function that
saves the files with a cnc extension. Like 123.cnc the problem is the people
that ran the machine kept using the same numbers for different pieces. Save
to disk but have no way to view the files on a PC and viewing them on the
machine is tedious. A sample file is shown below.


%
N00P0001(FLANGE)
N10G70
N20G91
N30X34.525Y20.225
N40G97
N50M04
N60G03X.75I.375
N70I-15.05
Click to expand...
(snip)

Your looking for "Discriminator". http://www.cncedit.com/

Your Code above showed up as a flange with bolt holes around the outside..

Chris L
 
Those are actual machine commands. That is in the readable form..........

Those are tool positions and speed, traverse markings.............
 
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