NC Project extension for Visual Studio Code

Develop and validate CNC programs.

News

• Version 0.5.2 released
  • New Features
  • Enhancements
    • Performance Improvements: NC code parsing is now approximately 2x faster, enabling quicker processing and analysis.
  • Bug fixes
    • Resolved an issue where the calculation of the code column in NC code errors was incorrect when a space was the first character on an NC code line.

Features

• Support for Mill, Lathe and Turn & Mill Machines

• Code correctness and Code Groups validation

• Code completion for G/M codes

• Hovers for G/M codes, macro values and G/M codes with macros (i.e. G#1)

  

• Code Lens showing computed path and time for given line of CNC code
  Switch to toggle Code Lens: "NC Project: Toggle Path and Time Calculation"

• Machine Tool and Driver configuration creation/selection

• Syntax coloring

• Status bar

• Commands

• On hover description of macro variables

• System macros for words: B,D,E,F,H,M,N,S,T

Current supported file extensions

".nc", ".txt", ".ptp", ".dat", ".mcd", ".spf", ".001", ".cnc", ".dnc", ".eia", ".fan", ".fnc", ".g", ".g00", ".gcode", ".iso", ".lib", ".min", ".ncl", ".out", ".pm", ".prf", ".prg", ".pu1", ".sub", ".tap", ".tp"

If you would like another file extension supported by this extension, please open an issue.

Usage

Install & activate extension. Extension activates when you open a supported extension file

Configuring extension

Create machine tool and driver configuration

Select machine tool and driver configuration

Known Issues

Please visit GitHub Issues page for any open issues.

Troubleshooting

Extension does not seem to work

Installation of the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages for Visual Studio may be required: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

Further troubleshooting

Navigate to: "%USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions" Then navigate to extension binaries folder: jrupar-mcieslik.ncproj-*\vscode-client\out Execute: nclangsrv.exe Watch for any errors.

Machine Tool and Driver configuration GUI window does not start

Installation of .NET Framework 4.7.2 redistributable may be required.

Further troubleshooting

Navigate to: "%USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions" Then navigate to extension binaries folder: jrupar-mcieslik.ncproj-0.0.1\vscode-client\out Execute: cmtconfig.exe Watch for any errors.

Contributors

• Janusz Rupar (@jmr1)
• Marcin Cieślik (@marcin-975)

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.