cycleCNC DT

CAM · 5-axis digital twin · machine control — for Pocket NC / Penta desktop mills

Your Part → Finished

⚡ Drop a model → finished toolpaths automatically (top + all sides + finish). No Fusion, no licence.

or quick: load · generate · download

Tutorials & demo parts

🎓 Pocket NC 101 — full course

First time here? The complete beginner course — every lesson runs the machine twin.

More guided courses

First Part

Guided machine setup & run — the official Penta V2 First Part sequence.

📖 Tutorial: official V2 First Part (wiki PDF) · TLO · work-holding

Rook

Guided part — CAM → simulate → run a 5-axis chess rook.

📖 Tutorial: work-holding (wiki) · software overview

Spiral

Guided 4+1 setup & run — collet, Delrin rod, tool 10, proven Spiral program (no CAM).

📖 Tutorial: software overview (wiki) · edge finding

Bottle Opener Ring

V2-50 aluminum 4+1 — ER40 collet, 1"Ø Al rod, tool 3, real Penta program.

G-code

0 lines 0 moves est. duration units —

Operations

No operations — load a program with (OPn …) comments.

Position

idle
X
0.000
mm
Y
0.000
mm
Z
0.000
mm
A
0.000
°
B
0.000
°
F
0
mm/min
Elapsed 0.0 s Total — s Line

Workholding

Real Penta / Lang / Sherline CAD · clamps to the B-table

Cube ⤢ 50 mm
X ←→
Y up/dn
Z fwd/bk

Drops the part inside the stock; its blue bounding box shows where the part lives in the blank (toggle Bounds).

Tool library

T1

CAM

Chain operations into a program — each on its own face, with its own tool, feed & size — then Generate. No G-code, no part needed. (Or import a part for the auto path.)

Pick operations, then Generate. The path draws on the stock and the G-code loads for Check + Run.

Work offset (G54)

Not set — part zero unknown

Travel envelope

  • X115.5 mm
  • Y128.3 mm
  • Z90.1 mm (Z0 = retracted)
  • A-25° to 135°
  • Bcontinuous

Kinetic Control

0
SPINDLE rpm
100%
FEED
X
0.00
Y
0.00
Z
0.00
A
0.0
B
0.0
JOG
⌨ Keyboard: ← → X · ↑ ↓ Y · PgUp/Dn Z · Z A B keys (Shift = reverse)
Machine + digital twin ready

Machine control

Disconnected

Not connected. "Demo machine" tries the workflow without hardware.

V2-50 Spindle: OFF T0