Development of a Cross-Platform Software Application for Programming CNC Machine Tools

This paper describes an approach to the development of a cross-platform application for creating universal cycles of typical types of machining working on machines with different CNC systems. The problem of the portability of control programs to numerical control systems from different manufacturers is outlined and the need for the creation of this toolkit is justified. The concept and implementation of a cross-platform application for programming CNC machines are presented. An architectural model of a cross-platform toolkit for the preparation of control programs for CNC machines is presented, which is based on the application subsystem and a gallery of macro programs, which includes the possibility of flexible expansion of the system without negative consequences for the interaction of system modules. Typical elementary types of processing are represented by macroprograms. The user interface of the software application is based on the principles of constructing the interface of dialog systems embedded in the CNC system, based on the sequential input of information about the processing being performed. The results of testing a cross-platform application on Fanuc, Siemens CNC systems and on the digital twin of the CNC system "AxiOMA Control" are described.