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Please predict whether this patent is acceptable.PATENT ABSTRACT: Provided is a numerical controller that is capable of determining a proper timing of swarf discharge and allows an operator to change a swarf discharge method and examine appropriateness of the timing of the swarf discharge on an as needed basis, the numerical controller including a simulation unit that executes a simulation in which a workpiece is machined based on a machining program, a rendered workpiece volume calculation unit that calculates the volume of a rendered workpiece representing the shape of the workpiece rendered by the simulation, and a swarf accumulation amount prediction unit that predicts, based on the volume of the initial rendered workpiece when execution of the simulation is started and the volume of the rendered workpiece when execution of each block included in the machining program is completed, a swarf accumulation amount when the execution of the block is completed.