Delcam’s PartMaker Division has launched a new, free PC-based app called the PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer that allows users of multi-tasking turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes to view and align multi-channel CNC programs automatically.
The PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer is available for download free of cost from http://www.partmaker.com/multichannelviewer. The downloaded program is activated for each shop by a PartMaker product specialist. He will provide the user with a customized machine configuration for the machines in that shop. The software also works for any standard, single-path NC machine as well. Both the application and the custom configuration files are provided free of cost.
The PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer allows users of turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes that require multi-channel CNC programs to view such programs side by side and automatically align "sync” or "wait” codes. This unique application supports virtually any multi-channel machine/control combination from every machine builder on the market. It is highly intelligent, using proprietary technology to automatically recognize the CNC syntax required by specific machine tools.
Once installed and configured, the PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer lets users view a multi-channel CNC program on one screen with just a few clicks of a button. It automatically displays synchronized processes across multiple channels for any multi-axis machine/control combination. The software allows users to search their multi-channel NC program quickly and easily.
While the PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer is not a CNC editor, it can connect to the user’s chosen CNC editor to allow changes or corrections to be made to multi-channel NC programs.
