Machinist

The Machinist module puts working interfaces on a screen at the machine. Three are built today: Arcline, the CNC plasma and sheet metal fabrication interface covering parts, stock, cut orders and nesting with G-code and DXF export; Wire EDM, for eroding PCD tips and knife profiles with modelled wire times and disc stock; and CNC Milling, for machined bodies with modelled cycle times and billet stock.

What a machine interface is for

The gap this closes is between the office and the machine. The order exists in one system, the part geometry on a memory stick, the sheet stock in somebody's head and the offcut leaning against a wall. The operator works from a printout, and what actually got cut is reconstructed afterwards, if at all.

A Machinist preset is the screen that sits at the machine and holds all four: the parts library, the stock including remnants, the queue of what to cut next, and the nesting and file export that turns the queue into a job. Because it runs against the platform rather than beside it, a cut order can come from a quote and a finished cut can put its remnant back into stock without anyone retyping either.

Where it lives

Open Machinist in the main navigation. Each module has its own working surface with parts, orders, stock and its run or cut screen; see the Arcline page in the Machinist section of these docs.

Two ways to buy

• Platform module: use a preset with a screen attachment at the machine, running online against the platform.
• Licence or handover: machine builders take a preset or custom build under special licence, or a full handover custom build. POA.

What it costs

Presets are included in every plan. Every plan includes one connected machine screen, Free included, and extra screens are £49 a month each on any paid plan, added and removed from the billing page and prorated. AI features such as nesting assist draw on your monthly usage; drawing, nesting and exporting by hand cost nothing. Custom interfaces are scoped and built per project, POA.