On this page, you browse and create your milling workpieces. Here you can also create sheet metal workpieces for cutting machines such as laser, water, and plasma cutters.
CNCSimulator Pro comes with embedded built-in workpieces used for samples and demonstrations. These can also be used by the user but they cannot be edited or deleted.
To add a new workpiece, click on the Add button and fill out the fields for the workpiece size. You can browse your workpieces by using the blue left and right buttons.
If you have created materials on the materials page, you can select one of these in the Materials selector. If you leave it blank, a default gray metal like material will be used.
Materials define the visual aspect of the workpiece such as colors, transparency, etc.
You can also use prefabricated workpieces. To create a prefabricated workpiece you need to write a CNC program that makes the workpiece in the shape you want to have it. After the simulation, you can rotate the workpiece by clicking the option Flip or Rotate Workpiece under Misc in the Tools menu. Then select Save Workpiece under Misc in the Tools menu and save it under a name. Then you can select the file by clicking the yellow folder icon to the right of the Prefabricated workpiece field.
To browse embedded workpieces, check the Browseembedded checkbox under the browser panel.
Also note that you can insert workpieces from the Inventory Browser directly into the editor, by clicking the Insert at cursor button.
