PartMaker Inc. has launched a new, free PC-based app called the PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer. The PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer is available for download free of cost from http://www.partmaker.com/multichannelviewer.

The PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer is a unique software application that allows users of turn/mill Centers and Swiss-type lathes, which require multi-channel CNC programs to view multi-channel CNC programs side by side and automatically align "sync" or "wait" codes. The PartMaker Multi-Channel is unique because it supports virtually any multi-channel machine/control combination from every machine builder on the market.

The application is reportedly intelligent, using proprietary technology to automatically recognize the CNC syntax required by specific machine tools. The PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer is activated for each user by a PartMaker product specialist who will provide them a customized machine configuration for the machines in there shop. Both the application and the custom configuration files are provided free of cost.