CNC Milling
Run the CNC milling machine module: machined parts with modelled cycle times, machining orders, a run queue and billet stock.
Updated 23 September 2026
On this page
- Why
- Cutter bodies are machined from billet, and the time on the machine is most of their cost.
- How
- Install the PCD and diamond tooling preset and open CNC Milling from the Machinist switcher.
The five views
Shop, Parts, Orders, Run and Setup. The toolbar counts parts waiting to be machined and billet stock lines below threshold. The machine kinds cover a 3 axis vertical centre, a 3 plus 2 vertical centre and a horizontal centre.
Parts and cycle times
A part comes from a designed product or entered dimensions and carries a modelled cycle time: a removal rate per ISO material group and a non productive allowance, both editable in Setup. Batch setup is charged per distinct part, not per piece.
Orders, the queue and stock
Machining orders collect parts and quantities per customer. In Run, tick the waiting lines, pick a machine and choose Queue the machining run, which raises the run's job. Round billets and blocks are stock lines with their real dimensions. Completing a run books the billets out; a run that uses more than is held writes a shortfall line.
What is modelled
Every time here is modelled from published machining theory and your own chart rows: a planning number you make your own in Setup. Nothing here posts a program; your CAM system still produces the code.
Where the work comes from
A designed cutter body with connected stock raises a queued machining order when an order is created for it. See rates, stock and the machine bridge.
Related
- Wire EDMRun the wire EDM machine module: tip and knife profiles, erode orders, a queue with modelled wire times and the discs tracked as stock.
- JobsKnow where a job comes from, how it moves and how its minutes are measured.
- Rates, stock and the machine bridgeSet your own rates, count the stock behind a design module and let an order raise the machine work.