CIMCO Edit includes a built-in DNC module for sending and receiving NC programs over RS-232 serial and FTP connections. For a single machine or a small setup where one programmer handles transfers from one PC, that built-in capability handles the job well. Configure the port, name the machine, and sending a program is a dropdown selection and one click. As the shop grows, … [Read more...]
Extending CIMCO Edit with NC-Base
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...]
Extending CIMCO Edit with CNC-Calc
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...]