Ukusebenzisa imiyalelo yeprogram eneekhowudi, ukuchaneka kweCNC machining ivumela i-workpiece ukuba inqunywe kwaye ibunjwe kwiinkcukacha ngaphandle kokungenelela ngesandla ngumqhubi womatshini.
Ukuthatha imodeli yoyilo oluncediswa yikhompyuter (i-CAD) enikezelwe ngumthengi, umchwephesha ochwephesha usebenzisa isoftware encediswa yikhompyuter (CAM) ukwenza imiyalelo yokwenza inxalenye.Ngokusekwe kwimodeli yeCAD, isoftware imisela ukuba zeziphi iindlela zesixhobo ezifunekayo kwaye ivelise ikhowudi yenkqubo exelela umatshini:
1. Zeziphi iiRPM ezichanekileyo kunye neereyithi zesondlo
2. Nini kwaye phi na isixhobo kunye/okanye umsebenzi
3. Ubunzulu kangakanani ukusika
4. Ukufakwa nini isisipholisi
5. Naziphi na ezinye izinto ezinxulumene nesantya, izinga lokutya, kunye nolungelelwaniso
Umlawuli we-CNC ke usebenzisa ikhowudi yokucwangcisa ukulawula, ukuzenzekelayo, kunye nokubeka iliso kwiintshukumo zomatshini.
Namhlanje, i-CNC yinto eyakhelwe-ngaphakathi yoluhlu olubanzi lwezixhobo, ukusuka kwi-lathes, i-mills, kunye ne-routers ukuya kwi-EDM yocingo (i-electrical discharge machining), i-laser, kunye noomatshini bokusika i-plasma.Ukongeza kwi-automating inkqubo yomatshini kunye nokuphucula ukuchaneka, i-CNC iphelisa imisebenzi yezandla kwaye ikhulula oomatshini ukuba bajonge oomatshini abaninzi abasebenzayo ngexesha elinye.
Ukongeza, xa umzila wesixhobo uyilwe kwaye umatshini ucwangcisiwe, unokuqhuba inxalenye naliphi na inani lamaxesha.Oku kubonelela ngenqanaba eliphezulu lokuchaneka kunye nokuphindaphinda, nto leyo eyenza ukuba inkqubo ibe neendleko eziphezulu kwaye inyuke.