Version of CNC controls, in which only the starting and the end point of a movement are determined. During axis motions, there is no speed control. There is no interpolation between the axes.

Point-to-point controls are relatively inexpensive and fast, and are used in CNC drilling machines, nowadays. Their use for machining centers or milling aggregates is not an option, since due to the lack of interpolation, no milling is possible.

Sometimes, machining centers that got there own Bohrblock, are colloquially described as point-to-point machines. This is wrong, since these machines have to have interpolating axes for milling.

Alternative terms

• P-T-P
• PTP (abbreviation)
• Point control
• Point-to-point control