This Tech Tip explains how to configure collision checking in CIMCO Edit Ultra to focus on the moves that matter and improve simulation performance. Tool/Workpiece collision checking sounds like something you always want on. In practice, leaving it on for cutting moves just slows your simulation down. The tool is supposed to touch the workpiece during a cut. A collision … [Read more...]
CIMCO Edit Tech Tip: Remove a Tool Operation Without Counting Lines
This Tech Tip explains how to quickly remove an entire tool operation in CIMCO Edit without manually counting or selecting lines. Manually deleting a tool operation from an NC program means finding the right start line, finding the right end line, making sure you are not cutting into the operation before or after it, and hoping you got the boundaries right. There is a lot of … [Read more...]
CIMCO MDC-Max Tech Tip: Put the Right Shop Floor Data in Front of the Right People
This Tech Tip explains how to quickly put the right data in front of the right people automatically using CIMCO MDC-Max. A screen mounted in the shop is only as useful as what it shows. If it is stuck on one view, half the people walking past it are looking at information that does not apply to them. The CIMCO MDC-Max Slideshow feature solves this without requiring anyone to … [Read more...]
Tech Tip: CIMCO MDM Remote Request: Let DNC-Max Handle the Delivery
This Tech Tip explains how to configure CIMCO MDM Remote Request to identify the correct file and let DNC-Max handle reliable delivery to the CNC machine. CIMCO MDM's Remote Request can work two ways. It can identify the file and deliver it directly, or it can identify the file and hand delivery off to a DNC-Max port. That second option is configured in the Machine field … [Read more...]
Tech Tip: Use CIMCO DNC-Max to Prevent Upload and Remote Request Conflicts
This Tech Tip explains how to keep uploads and requests from stepping on each other using CIMCO DNC-Max. When Auto Receive and Remote Request are both active on the same serial port, DNC-Max is receiving programs from two directions for two different reasons. Without a way to tell them apart, a request program sent by the operator to trigger a file transfer looks … [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...]