Ko te māhinara Computer Numerical Control (CNC) he pātene whanaketanga aunoa e mahi ana ma te whai i tētahi huinga rāwekenga māhinara kua rāwhitia, ka huri i ngā purongo matihiko ki ngā wae tapa. Ko te CNC kainahira, he rorohiko toa e pānui ana i ngā tohutohu (arotahi G-code me M-code) ka huri i ēnei ki ngā tohu hiko tikanga. Ka arataki ēnei tohu i ngā punaha arataki o te māhinara—ngā motuka tirotiro, motuka rāraki rānei e hono ana ki ngā pīra rārangi, ka nuku i te tapa, mahi rānei i ngā ara kua rāwhiti kia tino pono. Ko tētahi āhuatanga matua o ngā māhinara CNC hou ko te punaha whakaputa takirua, kei hea ngā kaitirotiro, kaitirotiro rānei e tirotiro tonu ana i te tūwāhi o ngā tapa, ka hoki ki te kainahira, e whai wāia ai te whakatika i te wā kotahi, ka whakarite hoki kia ōrite te tūwāhi e whakarārangitia ana me te tūwāhi pono. Ka whakahaere tēnei punaha i ngā āhuatanga katoa o te tikanga: te tere me te tātai o te turuki, ngā panonitanga tapa, te rere o te wai mātukutuku, me ngā mōhini āwhina. Ka taea te whakamahi i te hangarau CNC mō tētahi tauira whānui māhinara, tae atu ki ngā pūpahi, ngā pūpahi paraka, ngā kairōpū, ngā kaimātai, me ngā māhinara 3D. Ko te painga kotahi ko te āhua o ngā wae pono, tikanga-kore, me te iti rawa o te whakaurunga ā-ringaringa, e whakarite ana i te whanaketanga kikii, te pāpātanga tere, me te hanga i ngā āhua e ngenge ana te hanga ā-ringa. Ko tēnei hangarau te kōretake o te whanaketanga matihiko o nāianei, e hono ana i te ao mariko o CAD ki te ao pono o te hua mutunga.
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