What is G-code?
The command language a CNC machine reads. Tells the cutter where to move, how fast, and when to stop.
G00 move · G01 cut · M05 stop
G-code is read by…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
G-code review: line N42 feeds too fast for this alloy. Drop the spindle speed before first article.
In the illustration
The reader steps through three lines: G00 rapids the cutter to the start, G01 X60 F200 feeds it across the block cutting a slot, and at t=3 M05 stops the spindle.
Generate the g-code in your shop-floor software for a 50 mm by 30 mm pocket, 5 mm deep, 10 mm end mill, 1,200 rpm, and add a comment line before every tool change.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
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