Interface Overview

NcStudio V10 glass cutting software includes the following:

• NcStudio
• NcEditor

After the system is started, two software interfaces pop up:

• NcStudio interface: Used to control machining process, like starting the system, stopping the system, loading file, etc.

• NcEditor interface: Used to edit tool path and post-process CAM.

NcStudio Interface

The interface of NcStudio is as follows:

1. Menu bar

2. Tool bar

3. CNC info bar

   It includes three kinds of CNC information:

   • Operation mode
   • Status
   • Status info

4. Window switch buttons

   It is used to switch among Track window, Wizard window and Test window.

5. Function window

   It includes three kinds of function windows:

   • Track
   • Wizard
   • Test

6. Machine control area

   It shows the information of the machine, including coordinate, parameters, auto mode, manual mode, port, etc.

7. Buttons for common operations

   It includes buttons for eleven common operations:

   • Return to machine origin
   • Set directly
   • XY clear
   • Homing
   • Analog
   • Optimize
   • Convey
   • Start
   • Pause
   • Stop
   • Reset

NcEditor Interface

The interface of NcEditor is as follows:

1. Menu bar

2. Tool bar

3. Drawing toolbar

   The tools in drawing toolbar correspond to instructions in the pull-down list below Draw in menu bar.

4. Object list area

   It shows the objects that are displayed in edit window.

5. Object attribute area

   It is used to set attribute of current selected object.

6. Edit window

   It shows target object.

7. Parameter attribute area

   It includes two parts:

   • Color area

     There are 16 colors with different numbers. Each color corresponds to one parameter.
     The objects with the same color shares the same parameters.

   • Parameter attribute area

     After selecting a color, the attribute of the parameter that corresponds to the color will be shown in parameter attribute area.