[Duncs]

Hi everyone :wave:,

We have recently purchased a second hand Colchester CNC 350 turning center.
Great. Trouble is I don't know how to use it
Although I am receiving some tuition on the machine, what I really want is a Fanuc OT-C control simulator so I can practice programming off-line on a PC.
Does anyone know of such a piece of software???

I would be very grateful of any assistance relating to my question

Duncs.

[CNCRim]

Yeah CimcoEditor but what is your budget? it will bite a chunk out of your pocket. You can try NCplot but I don't know how good the simulator is.

[Duncs]

Thanks newtexas2006,

Budget up there with my knowledge of Fanuc
Don't supose anyone knows of something free.....

The control is a Fanuc OT-C...

Many, many thanks,

Duncs.

[Al_The_Man]

There is a free one here, takes a bit of playing around to configure, but they have sample programs you may get some help on.
http://www.cncsimulator.com/
Al.

[sinha_nsit]

I read the feedbacks by some of the users of this s/w on its site. It appears that it cannot handle M98 and canned cycles. Macro is a far cry. If so, it is useless.

[CNCRim]

Thanks newtexas2006,

Budget up there with my knowledge of Fanuc
Don't supose anyone knows of something free.....

The control is a Fanuc OT-C...

Many, many thanks,

Duncs.

Ok I think I have some think that will be good.

[chich2]

How about Swansoft CNC Simulator? It can simulate many kinds of cnc controllers.

http://www.swansc.com/index_en.htm

Chich