Bolt Circle CNC Program Generator

I have written a bolt circle program generator for CNC machinery. I'll give you a copy if you'd like one. Just leave me a comment and I'll e-mail you a license of the program. It was written in Visual Basic 6.0 and will generate drilling programs for any machine that takes text based (ASCII) format part programs.All you have to do is make a format file for each different CNC controller you have. The program even has an installation/un-installation program for easy setup and removal. No work involved other than making your custom machine format files.

Here is a screenshot of the data-entry & options screen:




Here is a screenshot of the "Preview Output" screen:


Notice that there is one red circle, one green circle, and the rest are black. The green is where the program will start drilling, the red is where it will finish drilling, and all of the others are in between. You can use the program rotation feature to change where the start and stop will occur, however, there is no way to change direction of drilling at the present time.


When the program has been created you will see the following dialog box which shows the path to the output CNC program:



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This is a very easy to use program, and I'm offering it as freeware to pretty much anyone who asks for a license. I only have a few terms of use:

First, you use this program at your own risk; I, the author of this software and this website, take no responsibility, either directly or indirectly, for any damages to anyone or anything which might be incurred during the use of this software, or as a final result of the use of this software. I do not guarantee the fitness of this software for any particular use. You should test it, and if it seems to work the way you want it to then enjoy the cost of the license, and if not, then don’t use it.

Secondly, do not sell this software or the output from this software to anyone, or distribute it to anyone without the express written consent of the author of this software. I hold the copyright on this application and all rights to it are reserved by me.

I’m offering free software licenses for this software application to those who will comply with these terms and conditions. To simplify the terms, here they are again; please don’t expect to hold me liable for any damages as either a direct result or an indirect result of the use of this software, and don’t try and profit by redistributing my software or the output from my software. Use it as you wish for your internal company or personal use only.