GCodeWorkShop

This is a fork of EdytorNC, a text editor for CNC programmers.

• Some features
• Some shotcuts
• Getting GCodeWorkShop
• Command line options

Some features

• Code colourizing.
• Sessions - to save/restore open file list
• Send/receive through serial port with automatic file saving and Serial port file server - possibility to download new CNC program directly from machine.
• Find in files
• Find/Replace can be used to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division on numbers or highlighting text.
  in Find: Y$$ in Replace $$*2 will multiply by 2 all numbers found with Y
  in Find: Y$100$10 in Replace $$*2 will multiply by 2 only numbers between 10 and 100 found with Y
  Find can be used also to highlight specific program blocks
• Simple project management - you can keep links to (almost) all files related to your part program in one place.
• First comment in program is displayed in title bar. In first comment you can write part name.
• Comment with date will be replaced with current date on file save. Comment format: (dd-/.mm-/.yyyy) or ;dd-/.mm-/.yyyy - now system localization settings are used.
• Block renumbering - whole program or selection
• Conversion inch/mm, mm/inch. You can write inches in format 1.3/4 1/4 …
• Speed, feed calculation
• Bolt holes calculation
• Solutions of triangles calculation

Some shotcuts

• Ctrl+; Comments/uncomments selected text with semicolon ;
• Ctrl+9 Comments/uncomments selected text with parentheses ()
• Ctrl+2 Adds Block Skip (/) and/or increments it
• Ctrl+3 Adds Block Skip (/) and/or decrements it
• Ctrl+1 Removes Block Skip (/)
• Ctrl+0 or Ctrl+Double Click In line calculator, you can do some math operations directly in editor. You can select address (eg X123.45) before pressing Ctrl+0 (Ctrl+Double Click will do the same), value will be entered in the calc.
  After presing Enter (and if no error) result will be pasted in cursor position. Supported operators: + - * / SIN(x) COS(x) TAN(x) SQRT(x) SQR(x) ABS(x) TRUNC(x) PI

Getting GCodeWorkShop

On the release page you can find binary builds for Debian, Ubuntu and Windows. For building the application yourself, the build instructions may be useful.

In addition, third-party builds are available:

• For ALT Linux, thanks to Anton Midyukov (antohami).
• For OpenSuse, thanks to Андрей Алыпов (AndnoVember).

Command line options

• open file -> gcodeworkshop file.nc
• diff two files -> gcodeworkshop -diff file1.nc file2.nc