Manufacture & automate
CNC & Toolpath
Step-by-step tutorials for MeshInspector’s CNC and toolpath tools — configure a machine, generate 3-axis toolpaths, validate cuts with swept-volume analysis, and inspect G-code and NC programs before you send a job to the machine.
Start here
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CNC & Toolpath BasicsOpen G-code programs, build a 3-axis toolpath for a mesh, check it with the G-code Visualizer and Swept Volume, and find the right tool of the Toolpath tab in MeshInspector.- ToolpathToolpath in MeshInspector builds a milling path for one mesh: Constant Z, Lacing or Constant Cusp. Orient the part, set the tool and step over, check the G-code result.
Simulate G-code
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G-code VisualizerOpen a .gcode, .nc or .txt program in MeshInspector, step through its commands line by line, animate the tool and simulate milling of a work piece with the G-code Visualizer.
CNC Machine SettingsCNC Machine Settings in MeshInspector describe the machine for G-code: active rotary axes A, B, C, their order, directions and limits, idle feedrate, home position, save and load.
Verify & convert
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Swept VolumeLearn how to use the Swept Volume tool in MeshInspector to create a volume from a selected Polyline or G-code object and a tool mesh.
G-code to LinesConvert a G-code object into a polyline (lines object) in MeshInspector, with or without the rapid idle moves, and keep working with the toolpath as ordinary lines.