CIMCO Edit opens, edits, simulates, and sends NC programs. What it does not do is manage them. There is no version history, no access control, no searchable database, no record of which revision went to the floor or when. Programs live wherever the programmer saved them last, usually a shared drive with a folder structure that made sense when the shop had twelve programs … [Read more...]
Tech Tip: How to Restore Files in CIMCO NC-Base
This Tech Tip explains how to restore files in CIMCO NC-Base with a fast, non-destructive rollback when a program save goes wrong. A programmer saves a file and immediately knows it was wrong. In CIMCO NC-Base, the fastest recovery is Restore Latest. Click the "Restore" button dropdown or right-click the file and the option is available in the restore menu. One click, no … [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...]
Understanding the Import Queue in CIMCO NC-Base and CIMCO MDM
If you have ever had a machinist edit a program at the machine control and send it back without anyone in the programming department knowing about it, you already understand why the Import Queue exists. It is the feature that closes the loop on one of the most common quality gaps in CNC shops: programs leaving the database approved, getting modified on the floor, and coming … [Read more...]
Save time with CIMCO Editor Macros Part 2 – NC File Standardization
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...]
Save Time with CIMCO Editor Macros Part 1 – NC Base Data
There are many ways in which we can customize CIMCO Editor to save time. Today, we are going to take a look at how we can streamline the addition of NC-Base data to your NC programs. The way we are going to accomplish this is by creating a custom macro in Editor. The beauty of a well designed macro is that by doing a little extra work in the beginning, it is possible to save … [Read more...]