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    Any one know how to use the Terco CNC mill simulator?

    I'm taking into to CNC this semester, we have yet to discuss anything about programing, or any thing like that. The teacher gave us a piece of paper with 50 lines of code and told us to Enter it into the Terco CNC Mill Simulator. So I typed all the code out, and uploaded it into the program, and it draws out the design it should. The design is the intials JBE the JB and the E are fine but the Bottom of the E is missing, I've entered all the code given, and there are no errors. So I'm trying to get the program to go code line by Code line so I can figure where the Code for the letter E starts so I can type in code for the bottom of the E. But everytime I enter the function key to do this the Terco Simulator shuts downs and closes.
    Any Ideas? Oh the Simulator is a DOS Program.
    85 325e 2.7 ITB'd stroker

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    post or email me the code, I'll tell you what's wrong with it... I write g-code all day...
    Look for a G0 Z(some positive number) after an arc move (G2 or G3) (this will be the end of the 'B')
    then
    G0X...Y... (rapid to the beginning of the 'E')
    G1 Z-... (feed down in the z-axis)
    several more of these moves...
    then near the end of the program there will be one last
    G1 Z-... <---this may be the line you are missing
    X...Y...
    G0 Z...
    and then maybe, if you have a REALLY cnc-ready program:
    M9 (coolant off)
    G91G28 Z0 M5 (rapid to toolchange plane)
    G28 Y0 (bring table forward)
    M30 (end program and reset)
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