--- title: CNC Machining Blog | Hurco CNC Machine Tools | CNC Control & Software description: CNC Control & Software | Welcome to the Hurco CNC machine tool blog. Subscribe for weekly posts on high-speed and 5-axis machining, workholding, the latest control technologies, plus Hurco tips-and-tricks…just to name a few. --- # CNC Machining Blog - Tips and Tricks for Machinists Welcome to the Hurco CNC machine tool blog. Subscribe for weekly posts on high-speed and 5-axis machining, workholding, the latest control technologies, plus Hurco tips-and-tricks…just to name a few. Browse by All Manufacturing Industry Insights CNC Control & Software Milling WinMax Conversational Programming 5-Axis Machining NC / G-Code Programming CAD/CAM / Post Processor Hurco Turning Lathe Tooling Mill Tooling control technology High Speed Machining Mold Making Tool & Die Prototype Machining Workholding Automation Aerospace & Defense Hurco History cnc lathe turning center cnc machining entrepreneur history of machining 3d dxf Automotive Gerald Roch Hurco50 Indiana business Mr. Roch US Navy USS Indiana Vintage Hurco conversational cnc control conversational programming customer dxf dxf transfer hurco cnc indy inventions inventor manufacturing history 2-axis shearing machine 2d dxf 3D Import AI Artificial Intelligence COVID-19 Circle Segment Cutters Compu-cut Coronavirus Ed Humston Energy Hurco 50th Anniversary Hurco US Navy IRS Make48 Medical NHRA PRI Show Purdue Polytechnic Anderson Youth in Manufacturing autobend cnc mill depreciation federal income tax future history of Hurco how its made indycar racing rigid robust section 179 smart machining tax deduction vmx y-axis ## Posts about CNC Control & Software: ![Absolute Tool Length for CNC Machinists](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Absolute%20Tool%20Length%20image.jpg) [Milling](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/milling) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [Mill Tooling](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/mill-tooling) Absolute Tool Length is an industry standard feature in CNC machining that provides continuity across machine brands and controls. ![Is Conversational Programming Dead in Modern Machining?](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Hurco-WinMax-CNC-Control.web.jpg) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [NC / G-Code Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/nc-g-code-programming) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Hurco History](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-history) [CAD/CAM / Post Processor](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cadcam-post-processor) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [conversational cnc control](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/conversational-cnc-control) [conversational programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/conversational-programming) During my 35+ years in manufacturing, I have worked at several shops and visited hundreds more. In the vast majority of these job shops, there has been at least one CNC machine with some type of conversational programming; in many of these shops, they used conversational programming for most of their work. ![How to Interrupt Cycle on Hurco Control](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/HOW%20TO%20INTERRUPT%20CYCLE%20ON%20HURCO%20CONTROL.webp) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [cnc machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-machining) Interrupt Cycle can be used anytime on the [Hurco control](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/Pages/WinMax-our-cnc-control.aspx) when the operator wants to suspend the automatic operation of the machine and place the machine into a semi-manual mode. This can be done in both conversational programs and NC programs. ![3D Solid Model Import 3-Axis and 5-Axis: Conversational CNC](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/3dimport-1-1.png) [manufacturing history](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-history) [5-Axis Machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/5-axis-machining) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [control technology](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/control-technology) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) [Hurco 50th Anniversary](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco-50th-anniversary) Hurco's [3D Import feature](https://info.hurco.com/3d-import-solid-model) provides the ability to import a solid model directly into the[ CNC control](https://www.hurco.com/en-us/products/Pages/WinMax-our-cnc-control.aspx) and conversationally program features from that solid on both 3-axis and 5-axis machining centers. ![Importing Solid Model STL File as Stock Geometry in WinMax Software](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Capture-1.jpg) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [CAD/CAM / Post Processor](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cadcam-post-processor) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) The ability to import an STL file for stock geometry is a Hurco WinMax feature I'm excited to discuss. Although many people have this feature on their controls, they either aren't aware of it or don't know how to use it. I thought it was worth a quick blog post and video.  ![Hurco Control: Overlooked Features of WinMax Software](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/Work%20Offset.jpg) [WinMax Conversational Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/winmax-conversational-programming) [NC / G-Code Programming](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/nc-g-code-programming) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) The Hurco control is so easy to use and self-teach that often times there are overlooked features that could be extremely useful if operators knew about them. This blog article is to help machinists understand some features of the WinMax® software they may not have been aware of. ![Winning! Hurco Control Wins Award](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/cnc%20cookbook%20award%201.png) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) **CNC Cookbook Survey Respondents Rank Hurco Control #1** ![5-Axis CNC Book Release](https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/123456789.jpg) [5-Axis Machining](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/5-axis-machining) [CNC Control & Software](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/cnc-control-software) [Manufacturing Industry Insights](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/manufacturing-industry-insights) [Hurco](https://blog.hurco.com/topic/hurco) Well I’m just too excited about this not to share this news with my readers. With the help of Hurco Companies, I just recently published my very first actual book! It is a comprehensive guide to 5-axis CNC machining, and I wrote it to help the machinist as a shop floor guide of sorts. 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