CIMCO Edit edits, simulates, and sends NC programs. What it does not do is generate them from geometry. If a programmer needs to hand-code a pocket, a contour, or a drilling pattern, they are typing coordinates, calculating offsets, and hoping the math is right. If the shop has a CAM seat, it is likely tied to a specific workstation, shared across more people than it has … [Read more...]
Extending CIMCO Edit with the Mazatrol Viewer
CIMCO Edit handles NC programs written in G-code natively. It understands the syntax, colorizes the code, backplots the toolpath, and lets a programmer edit and verify a program without any additional configuration. What it cannot do out of the box is make sense of a Mazatrol file. Mazatrol is Mazak's proprietary conversational programming language, and programs written … [Read more...]
Extending CIMCO MDC-Max with an ERP Integration
CIMCO MDC-Max collects machine data, tracks production events, calculates OEE, and makes all that visible through dashboards, reports, and real-time status screens. What it does not do by default is share that data with the rest of your business. Your ERP knows what jobs are scheduled. MDC-Max knows what jobs actually ran, how long each one took, what the machine was … [Read more...]
Extending CIMCO MDM with an ERP Integration
CIMCO MDM manages NC programs, CAM files, setup documentation, and the approval workflows that control what reaches the shop floor. What it does not do by default is talk to the rest of your business. Your ERP knows what jobs are scheduled, what work orders are open, and what quantities have been committed. MDM knows which programs are approved, which revisions have been … [Read more...]
CIMCO NC-Base vs CIMCO MDM: Choosing the Right Program Management System for Your Shop
At some point, almost every shop that has been running CIMCO Edit for a while runs into the same conversation. The shared drive is not working anymore. Programs are getting overwritten. Nobody can find the version that ran last month. An operator sent a program that someone had half-finished editing. It is time to get organized. CIMCO offers two products that solve this … [Read more...]
A Deep Dive into CIMCO Edit File Compare
In CNC manufacturing, the difference between two versions of a program is rarely obvious from looking at the files side by side in a text editor. A modified feedrate buried on line 847. A depth value that changed by 0.005 inches. A canned cycle parameter that someone adjusted at the machine control and never documented. These are the kinds of changes that cause quality … [Read more...]