AXIS was originally developed by Jeff Epler and Chris Radek and is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is now an integral part of EMC2 and has many contributors.

The best place to discuss AXIS is the emc-users mailing list.

Screenshots

Preparing to mill a circuit board. The left-hand side shows the Manual controls, the right-hand side shows an orthographic view from above the workpiece, and the bottom shows the file being milled.

The left-hand side shows the Code Entry (MDI) controls, and the right-hand side shows an orthographic view looking from the side of the workpiece. This view is useful for checking the depth of cuts and drills.

AXIS milling a circuit board. The right-hand side shows a perspective view with the part milled so far in red. In the code display the line now being milled is highlighted in red.

The EMC Status window shows most of the information that is available in the stat buffer. When an item changes value, it is shown in red.

In the backplot, different types of motion are colored differently. Yellow for jogs, dark green for rapid moves, red for straight feeds, and magenta for arc feeds.