G-Code as a positive example of standardization and automation of coding

The G-code shows how it can work:

• Drawing/3D model → machine-readable G-code

• Standardized, usable worldwide, unambiguous.

• Enables automation, CAM integration, simulation.

👉 G-code proves: Formal languages are the basis for productivity and trust.

Historical development

• 1950s: NC machines with punch cards

• 1960s: G-code as a standard

• 1980s–90s: CNC, cycles, CAM

• Today: Simulation, digital twin, but G-code remains the basis