Turn an ORD or OMAX part file into G-code your CNC can run.

What it does

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How it works

New to converting ORD files? Read the step-by-step guide: How to convert an ORD file to G-code for Mach3 and Mach4 — including how one shop runs its waterjet parts on a Mach3 laser.

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Trial and license

Try everything free for 60 days. After that, saving NC files (Save NC File) needs a license key. Opening files, viewing the G-code and the Path Preview keep working. Your drawings are never locked. Buy once, use it forever — no subscription. Your key arrives by email; enter it under Help > License. Updates within version 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.37 and so on) are free: download the newest version and register it with the same email and key. Moving to a new computer? Just register again.

$49.99 — one-time purchase, unlocks the full version of 60Ticks ORD-2-NC Converter forever.

Requires Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). The program runs on the PC you draw on. To cut, save your file and carry it to your machine's controller PC on a USB stick — the controller PC does not need this software or a recent version of Windows.

Current version 1.37, digitally signed by Clinton Smart. See the version history below.

Flow, FlowMaster and FlowPATH are trademarks of Flow International Corporation. OMAX and Intelli-MAX are trademarks of Hypertherm, Inc. They are used here only to say which files 60Ticks programs read and write. 60Ticks is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Flow, OMAX, Hypertherm or any other machine or software manufacturer.

Version history

Need an older version? Download links are next to each one below, and every 60Ticks program’s older versions are on the Older versions page. Your license key works in every 1.x version.

Version 1.37 (current)

• A Left Offset in an ORD file now comes out as G41 in the G-code (Right is G42 as before), each turned off with G40. Before, Left wrote no cutter compensation at all.

Version 1.36 · download 1.36: installer or portable zip

• Version number update only — nothing in the Converter changed (all three programs shared version 1.36).

Version 1.35 · download 1.35: installer or portable zip

• Converts OMAX .omx files as well as ORD files: File > Open ORD or OMAX File (Ctrl+O), the Open button, or drag the file onto the window, then Make G-code as usual. Path Preview works the same.
• OMAX qualities 1–5 become the 100/80/60/40/20% speed levels, and OMAX’s left/right kerf side becomes G41/G42, turned on at the lead-in and off (G40) after the lead-out.
• The built-in Quick Reference guide covers OMAX files.

Version 1.34 · download 1.34: installer or portable zip

• Version number update only — nothing in the Converter changed (all three programs shared version 1.34).

Version 1.33 · download 1.33: installer or portable zip

• Version number update only — nothing in the Converter changed (all three programs shared version 1.33).

Version 1.32 · download 1.32: installer or portable zip

• Drag and drop: drop an ORD file onto the window to open it.
• Files from Waterjet Pro/Standard 1.32 with Traverse raise turned on convert exactly as before — the extra lift-and-lower points are ignored, so your G-code doesn’t change.
• The built-in Quick Reference guide covers everything new.

Version 1.31 · download 1.31: installer or portable zip

• Version number update only — nothing in the Converter changed (all three programs now share version 1.31).

Version 1.3 · download 1.3: installer or portable zip

• Help > Check for Updates: checks 60ticks.com and takes you to the download if a newer version is out.
• G-code settings: a new Program Options box — line numbers (N5, N10…), % at the start and end, an optional O program number, and “S0 before every rapid move” (turn it off for a mill) — plus a Retract Z setting (rapid down to a retract height, plunge only from there). Line numbers, % and O can be switched on or off at any time.
• Fix: every feed and speed in the G-code now has a decimal point (F10., S24000.) — required by Haas and some other controls.
• The built-in Quick Reference guide (Help > Quick Reference) covers everything in this version.

Version 1.2 · download 1.2: installer or portable zip

• The installer now asks you to close a running copy before it updates the program.
• Download file names now include the version number.