60Ticks Waterjet Pro: draw or load DXF files and create waterjet ORD and mill NC G-code files

Promotional illustration. The program's graphical user interface differs from the image above — see the screenshots below for the actual interface.

Draw the part. Set the cut order. Export it for your machine.

A fast, focused drawing program built for waterjet cutting. Draw a part or open a DXF or ORD file, set your cutting speeds, add lead-ins and tabs, let Auto Path order the cuts, then export an ORD part file or Mach3/Mach4 G-code. No heavyweight CAD/CAM package required.

Download Free Trial Buy Full Version — $199.99
Free for 60 days. No credit card, no account.

What it does

Draw with lines, arcs and circles — or open a DXF or ORD file and clean it up
Trim, fillet, offset, mirror, scale, rectangular and polar arrays, and more
Clean-up tools: Repair Gaps, Purge duplicates, Show Dangling Ends, Rebuild Contours
Lead-ins and lead-outs, plus tabs to hold small pieces to the sheet
Auto Path orders the cuts — holes before their outer edge, nearest part first — or set the order yourself
Cutting speeds shown as line colors, with left / right / no cutter compensation
Path Preview plays back the exact cut path, with dashed travel moves
Export ORD part files and Mach3/Mach4 G-code, plus a built-in ORD-to-G-code Text Convert tab
Optional safe travel height (Z raise/lower around rapid moves) in the G-code, with an optional multi-pass mode for milling. The G-code can drive a waterjet nozzle or a milling bit
Remembers your toolbar layout, feeds and settings between sessions

See it

Draw tab with toolbars, Properties panel, and dashed travel lines on a sample bracket part
The Draw tab — toolbars on top, Properties panel on the right, dashed lines show machine travel (click to enlarge)
Sample part with lines colored by cutting speed
Cutting speeds show as line colors, so you can see the whole job at a glance (click to enlarge)
Path Preview tab showing the cut path in order
Path Preview plays back the exact cut order, leads and tabs included (click to enlarge)
Text Convert tab with ORD text, generated G-code and motion settings
The Text Convert tab — ORD in, Mach3/Mach4 G-code out, with feeds, speeds and header/footer settings (click to enlarge)

How it works

1. Draw the part, or open a DXF or ORD file
2. Clean it up, set the speeds, add leads and tabs
3. Click Auto Path (or set the order yourself) and check it in Path Preview
4. Export an ORD part file or G-code and take it to your machine

Which one is right for you?

Choose Pro if you want to draw and make Mach3/Mach4 G-code.
Choose Standard if you only need ORD part files — it's the same drawing program without the G-code side.
Choose the Converter if you already have ORD files and only need G-code — no drawing tools.

Trial and license

Try everything free for 60 days. After that, exporting ORD and G-code (Export ORD, Export NC and Save NC File) needs a license key. Drawing, opening files, Save DXF 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. Moving to a new computer? Just register again.

$199.99 — one-time purchase, unlocks the full version of 60Ticks Waterjet Pro 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.

60Ticks is not affiliated with or endorsed by any machine or software manufacturer. Product and file-format names belong to their owners.

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