I'm all for maintenance fees as a way to allow the vendor to improve the product and offer me responsive technical support. everytime our programmers have to renumber 50 tools in a program I think about how easy it is for a developer to put a tool to handle that in that menu. that's why sometimes I vent my frustrations with the CAx world: Once they hook you up the honeymoon is gone.ĬIMCO-Edit gets some fixes and small enhancements every now and then, but their NC functions menu don't get a brand new tool for what, 2-3 years? The last thing they put there was a multi-channel synch tool - It's a shame.
#Ncplot read only software
It's just too sad, because we have a big infrastructure around CIMCO software here with nearly all modules and products: DNC-Max, NC-Base, MDC-Max, CNC-Calc, Cimco-Edit, etc. It's more expensive than most them and delivers less. their editor is no longer equally competitive when compared to other NC editors out there, such as Inplot, NCPlot, G-Wizard G-Code Editor, etc. a very nice UI, but they slowed drastically the pace of the development in the past years and are living from the reputation they built for CIMCO-Edit in the past. So in the end CIMCO-Edit is their only technical weakness currently.ĬIMCO-Edit is also a good product and very well integrated with NC-Base and DNC-Max. maybe Predator and CIMNET are not so far, but definetely they don't offer some great small tools that DNC-Max do.
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In regards DNC, although there are many tools out there too, I highly doubt they have the same capabilities of DNC-Max. NC-Base efficiency is result of years of experience and customer driven R&D. I think NCPlot would have to put a ton of development to come up with a PDM right now. For turning toolpaths, Inplot from looks better I think.ĭaniel - it maybe worth you dropping Scott an email to ask what he has planned and timeframes etc? If you are looking for a NC program editor only, NCPlot looks very good IMHO. This tool can also be used to view or set variable values. Macro Exp ression Calculator: This built-in calculator accepts exp ressions written in Custom Macro B format. Macro Debugging: Step by step execution of macro programs allows you to watch program variables as the program is executed Select entities on the viewport to quickly calculate offsets, blend arcs and find intersection points Supports 3Dconnexion devices such as the SpaceNavigator™, SpacePilot™ and SpaceExplorer™
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Convert R specified arcs to or from I / J / K specified arcsīreak arcs at quadrants or into a series of line segments Convert absolute I / J / K arc center coordinates to or from incremental I / J / K Address Swap: Exchange any two program addresses Address Remove: Unnecessary addresses and their values can be removed
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Address Replace: Good for changing axis names, A to B, etc. MultiStep Translate makes multiple copies of part features while applying translations, eliminating tedious copy and pastingĬonvert coordinates between absolute and incremental commands
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#Ncplot read only professional
We have 25 seats of Cimco-Edit here, 10 of them are the professional version. we've to deal with problems in this area and the developers already told us they won't fix it. Turning in CIMCO-Edit is the same for nearly a decade. Even a small company like i-logic is offering more for the value. Cimco has the best looking but I think they're behind in technology.