Guides
Do CAM Programmers Need to Know Manual G-code?
Yes. CAM writes most of the code, but programmers still read it daily and hand-edit at the machine. Manual G-code is what separates a setter from a button pusher.
Lawrence Arya··10 min
Guides
Do I Need to Know G-code If I Use Mastercam?
You do not need to hand-write G-code to run Mastercam, but you do need to read it well enough to verify and fix what the post processor outputs.
Lawrence Arya··11 min
Guides
How to Read Fusion 360 Post Processor G-code
Read Fusion 360 output in blocks: header and safety line, tool change, spindle and coolant, rapid to start, cutting moves, retract, end. The comments are your map.
Lawrence Arya··10 min
Guides
Understanding SolidCAM G-code Output
SolidCAM builds the toolpath, then a post processor turns it into machine-ready G-code. Read the output in blocks and verify offsets, tools, and retracts first.
Lawrence Arya··10 min
Guides
Fusion 360 Post Processor G-Code Output Wrong? Fix the Translator
When Fusion 360 outputs wrong G-code, the toolpath is almost never the problem: the post processor is. The four mismatch types and the fix ladder.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Guides
Mastercam Outputting Wrong G-Code? Check the Triad First
Mastercam posts wrong G-code when the machine definition, control definition, and post do not match your actual machine. The triad, and the fix order.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Guides
Programación CNC para matricería: qué cambia de verdad
En matricería, el programa CNC lo genera el CAM y puede tener miles de líneas. Tu trabajo cambia: leer cabeceras, verificar correctores y no editar geometría a mano.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Practice
AutoCAD to G-Code: The Workflow and Manual Editing
AutoCAD never outputs G-code; the route is DXF into a CAM tool, post, then targeted hand edits. Here is the pipeline, drawing hygiene, and what is safe to edit.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Practice
Biesse bSolid and G-Code Programming: How They Relate
bSolid is Biesse's design-to-machine software, and operators rarely type code. Here is where G-code literacy still pays on a Biesse cell, and where it does not.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Practice
Dental Mill G-Code Basics: How VHF-Class Mills Work
Dental mills run a scan-to-CAM pipeline where nobody types code, yet the machines execute motion commands underneath. Here is where code literacy pays in the lab.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Practice
Why Do Machinists Still Write G-Code Manually?
CAM generates most production code, yet machinists still type G-code daily: MDI moves, edits at the machine, simple parts, macros, and fixing what CAM got wrong.
Lawrence Arya··4 min