Download a new petrol-file

After using CncSimulator for 90 days, you have to download your first petrol-file. The petrol-file will let
you run the CncSimulator completely free of charge until the next expire date.

This is how you do it:

If this page was automatically shown during a start attempt you have also got the Download petrol
message.

1. Click OK and the Outof fuel dialog appears.

2. Click the button marked www.cncsimulator.com, that will start your default
browser and take you to the CncSimulator web page.

3. Click the link Petrol Station.

4. Click the button Copy to clipboard in the Out of fuel dialog.

5. Click in the Fuel code edit box on the web page, right-click on the mouse and select
paste.

6. If the fuel code have not been copied to the edit box, type in the number manually.

7. Type your email address in the Email edit box. It is important that the email address
is correct as the petrol-file will be sent to this address.

8. Click the Full

tank button. A link to where you can dowload a new petrol-file have
now been emailed to your address.

9. Copy the file to the directory where you have installed CncSimulator (default
C:\Program\CncSimulator).

10. Close the Out of fuel dialog and restart the program.
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Introduction

Welcome to the CncSimulator help system. Here you will find explanations of the functions, menus and
dialogs of the program. The CncSimulator is used to simulate CNC code for mills and lathes. Thanks to
its flexible open architecture it is possible to customise the behavior of the simulation to suit a wide
variety of CNC machines. This help file will concentrate on describing the CncSimulator with its default
settings. On startup you will se the program window divided in several panes. These are:

1. Simulation panes, these show the tool movements in 2D, 3D and block graphics.

2. Status pane, this pane shows the current tool, tool position, rotation etc.

3. Editor pane, (blue background) In this pane, you edit the cnc code and it also shows
the current cnc block during simulation.

You can resize the windows by “dragging” their edges and borders to new positions.
There is also a full screen mode where one of the three simulation windows is
maximized to cover the entire screen.
Read more about:

Menus and toolbars

Screen layout

G and M codes for simulation

On the net:

Hope page of the CncSimulator:

www.cncsimulator.com

Find more help on the net:

CncSimulator FAQ:

www.cncsimulator.com/support.shtmlAlso note, you can visit the "user forum" to ask questions to fellow

CncSimulator users:
www.cncsimulator.com/forums/

Menus and toolbars

At the top of the screen are a number of menus and toolbars that are used to access the
different functions of the program. To the right side of the editor window is a toolbar
that allows the user to step through different text buffers and delete them.

Menu functions:

File

Edit

Simulate

Screen

Settings

Help

Standard Toolbar:

Create a new NC-program.

Deletes the current text buffer. If the NC program has not been saved you will first be
asked if you wish to save it.

Open an existing NC-program.

Brings up the file selector dialogue allowing you to choose a file to load.

Saves the NC program.

Saves the NC program under its current name.

Cut

Cuts out the selected text and places it in the clipboard.

Copy
Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes in text from the clipboard at the current cursor position.

Undo

Takes back the last change in the NC program.

Printing Nc programs.

Prints out the active NC program.

Help

Shows this help file.

XY-view and XZ-view

Milling mode: XY, shows the workpiece as seen from above.

Turning mode: XZ, shows the workpiece from the side.

First click on the window you wish to change and then on this button.

YZ-view

Milling mode: YZ, shows the workpiece as seen from the left side.

Click the window you wish to change, then press this button.

Turning mode: This function is not available in turning mode.

XZ-view

Milling mode: XZ, shows the workpiece as seen from the front.

First click on the window you wish to change and then on this button.

Turning mode: This function is unavailable in turning mode.

Plot

Milling mode: “Plot”, shows the toolpath.

First click on the window you wish to change and then on this button.
Turning mode: “Plot”, shows the toolpath (the tip of the tool).

3D-view

Milling mode: This view shows a 3D wire model of the simulation.

Use the scroll bars to rotate the graphics around the X-, Y- and Z-axis

and to control the distance to the part.

Turning mode: This view shows the tool paths in 2D.

Block graphics

Milling mode: Block graphics, shows the workpiece in solid 3D.

First click on the window you wish to change and then on this button.

Turning mode: Block graphics, shows the workpiece in solid 3D.

Full screen view

Milling mode: Shows the active view in full screen mode.

First click on the window you wish to change and then on this button.

To return to the normal mode, press ESC.

Turning mode: Shows the active view in full screen mode.

Editor toolbar:

Buffer list

Shows a list of the text buffer maintained by the CncSimulator.

Previous buffer

Switches to the previous text buffer.

Next buffer

Switches to the next text buffer.

 Close Buffer

Closes the current text buffer. If the NC program has not been saved the CncSimulator
will first ask whether the program should be saved or not.

G-codes for milling

The standard interpreter understands the following G- codes.

G0 or G00 Rapid movement

G1 or G01 or L Linear interpolation
G2 or G02 or DR- Clockwise interpolation
G3 or G03 or DR+ Anti-clockwise interpolation
G40 Turns off cutter compensation
G41 Cutter compensation to the left
G42 Cutter compensation to the right
G92 Zero point displacement
G87 Rectangular pocket milling
G81, G82, G83, G84 Drill cycle
G90 Absolute programming
G91 Incremental programming
G94 Feed rate in mm/min
G95 Feed rate in mm/revolution
G54 Zero point 1
G55 Zero point 2
G56 Zero point 3
G57 Zero point 4
G58 Zero point 5
G59 Zero point 6
G53 No zero point displacement

M-codes for milling

The standard interpreter understands the following M- codes.

M0 or M00 Program stop
M3 or M03 Spindle start clockwise
M4 or M04 Spindle start anti-clockwise
M5 or M05 Spindle stop
M8 or M08 Coolant on
M9 or M09 Coolant off
M17 Return from subprogram
M30 or M02 or M2 Program end

Other codes for milling

The standard interpreter understands the following codes.

F Feed rate
S Spindle speed
N Block number
T or TOOL
Tool
CALL
X Code for the X-axis
Y Code for the Y-axis
Z Code for the Z-axis
I Incremental distance to the center in the X-axis
J Incremental distance to the center in the Y-axis
K Incremental distance to the center in the Z-axis
R or Z Arc <180 degrees
R- or Z- Arc >180 degrees
P Overlapping in pocket milling
L Subprogram block number
U Subprogram repetitions

G-codes for turning

 The standard interpreter understands the following G- codes.

G0 or G00 Rapid movement

G1 or G01 Linear interpolation
G2 or G02 Clockwise interpolation
G3 or G03 Anti-clockwise interpolation
G25 Subprogram call
G26 Separate subprograms (disk)
G83 Threading cycle
G84 Rough machining cycle
G53 No zero point displacement
G54 Zero point 1
G55 Zero point 2
G56 Zero point 3
G57 Zero point 4
G58 Zero point 5
G59 Zero point 6
G90 Absolute programming
G91 Incremental programming
G92 Zero point displacement
G94 Specify feed rate in mm/min
Specify feed rate in
G95
mm/revolution

M-codes for turning

The standard interpreter understands the following M- codes.

M0 or M00 Program stop

M3 or M03 Spindle start clockwise
M4 or M04 Spindle start anti-clockwise
M5 or M05 Spindle stop
M8 or M08 Coolant on
M9 or M09 Coolant off
M17 Return from subprogram
M30 Program end

Other codes for turning

The standard interpreter understands the following codes.

F Feed rate
S Spindle speed
N Block number
T Tool
X Code for the X-axis
Z Code for the Z-axis
I Incremental distance to the center in the X-axis
K Incremental distance to the center in the Z-axis
R or Z Arc <180 grader
R- or Z- Arc >180 grader
L Threading cycle parameter diam/radius, point A
D Threading cycle depth mm/cut
H Threading cycle total thread depth
U Sub program amount of repetitions