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 To load a g-code file, simply click on “Load G-Code” button.
 Now that you have loaded your G-Code, I would like to run you through what I have learned about the dialogs.
-- By clicking on the Dialog box, you can then scroll up and down the file.  It appears that you cannot edit on the screen, but you can start selecting some other nifty controls within the file.
+*By clicking on the G-Code Dialog box, you can then scroll up and down the file.  It appears that you cannot edit on the screen, but you can start selecting some other nifty controls within the file.
-- To edit the code, you click on the “Edit G-Code” button.  This will open the file in a text editor. When you close the file it will automatically load back into Mach3
+*To edit the code, you click on the “Edit G-Code” button.  This will open the file in a text editor. When you close the file it will automatically load back into Mach3
-- Also note if your click on the “Tool Path (Alt-4)” then you can visualize the cut path on each line of the G-Code file.
+*Also note if your click on the “Tool Path (Alt-4)” then you can visualize the cut path on each line of the G-Code file.
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+(The sample image shows the tool path after moving the image to view the Z axis.
+Noteice that teh line highlighted int eh G-Code dialog box is also highlighted in the tool path window.
+<br>[[File:141-Tool-Path-View-1.jpg]]