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Save time with CIMCO Editor Macros Part 2 – NC File Standardization

May 10, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

In part one of this series, we looked at how to use CIMCO Editor macros to prompt us for the program information to add to our NC-Base database. If you missed part one, you can find it here. Today we'll look at how we can use the same approach to update the NC file header automatically from information in the database. Let’s say for example that you have a lot of legacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, CIMCO NC-Base, Macros

Automating Repetitive Tasks with Macros

March 29, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

Automation - More than Robots When people think of automation, they tend to think of things like the automotive assembly lines you see on Television. The ones that have the big arms that are swinging car doors around at top speed. While this is absolutely true, I want to focus on the opposite side of the coin. Today I would like to share a practical example of how we can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, G-Code, Macros, Okuma

Installing your CIMCO Editor with a License Server

March 24, 2019 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Since January 1st of 2019, CIMCO has bundled both a single communication port and the license server option with CIMCO Editor for no additional charge. As a result more of our customers are putting the License Server feature to use to float one or more licenses over as many computers as they'd like. Most of this article is pulled from "Getting Started with CIMCO Software … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, CIMCO License Server, CIMCO Software Manager

How about Machine Simulation in an NC Editor

May 8, 2018 by Joe Hackman 2 Comments

Haas UMC 96-8250E Simulation in CIMCO Editor

If you've ever done any CAM programming you will probably find this familiar. The post processor you spent money, time and a few caffeine fueled evenings trying to perfect produced some odd code and created a real problem for you in your complex CNC machine. For years CIMCO Editor users have spent a few minutes validating their post processed g-code using backplot. It looks a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, Machine Simulation, Sneak Peak

How to Drip Feed using CIMCO DNC-Max or Edit

March 21, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

When Drip Feeding is necessary Most new CNC controls are now Ethernet capable and support Windows networking for file transfer and offer plenty of room for storage. There are, however, a huge number of perfectly functional CNC machines out there with older controls that support only RS-232 for file transmission. We also see a number of machines where the company orders them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Hardware, Reference Tagged With: Buffered Input, CIMCO Editor, Direct Numeric Control, DNC Communications, DNC Max, Drip Feeding, Fanuc, Haas, Moxa, Spoon Feeding

Quick Tip: Adding new File Types to CIMCO Editor

March 8, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Recently I had a customer contact me about an issue they were having with files with the extension .eia and CIMCO Editor. Their CAM software was outputting the file as .eia but CIMCO Editor was saving it with a .nc extension tacked on the end. It's actually very easy to add additional formats to CIMCO Editor, including .eia or anything else, so that you can retain the file … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Quick Tip Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, G-Code, Quick Tip

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