CIMCO Edit User Guide March 2017 | Copyright © 1991-2017 CIMCO A/S | Web: www.cimco.com | E-mail: [email protected] 2 Contents Contents License Information ........................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 7 What's New ......................................................................................................................... 9 Overview ........................................................................................................................... 10 Installation ........................................................................................................................ 13 System Requirements ...................................................................................................... 15 CIMCO Software Activation .......................................................................................... 16 Program Tabs ................................................................................................................... 22 1. Editor ............................................................................................................................ 23 1.1 File ....................................................................................................................... 23 1.2 File Type ............................................................................................................. 26 1.3 Edit ...................................................................................................................... 27 1.4 Find ..................................................................................................................... 29 1.5 Bookmarks .......................................................................................................... 32 1.6 Window ............................................................................................................... 34 1.7 Help ..................................................................................................................... 36 2. NC Functions ................................................................................................................ 37 2.1 Block Numbers .................................................................................................... 37 2.2 Insert / Remove ................................................................................................... 38 2.3 Transform ............................................................................................................ 41 2.4 Info ...................................................................................................................... 54 2.5 Macros ................................................................................................................. 55 2.6 Macro Setup ........................................................................................................ 58 2.7 Macro Setup Dialog ............................................................................................ 59 Area 1: List of defined macros ...................................................................................... 59 Area 2: Macro structure ................................................................................................. 62 Area 3: Parameter monitoring / Additional options ....................................................... 67 2.8 Formulas in Macros ............................................................................................. 70 2.9 Hiding the Formula Results ................................................................................ 72 2.10 Formatting of Formula Values ............................................................................ 75 2.11 Outputting Fanuc Macro B Variables ................................................................. 76 2.12 Multi Channel ...................................................................................................... 77 Cimco Edit User Guide 3 3. Backplot ........................................................................................................................ 78 3.1 File ....................................................................................................................... 79 3.2 View .................................................................................................................... 80 3.3 Toolpath .............................................................................................................. 83 3.4 Tool ..................................................................................................................... 84 3.5 Tool Setup Dialog ............................................................................................... 85 • Milling Tools .......................................................................................................... 85 • Turning Tools ......................................................................................................... 87 • Load/Save Tool Library .......................................................................................... 88 3.6 Solid .................................................................................................................... 88 3.7 Other .................................................................................................................... 91 3.8 Find ..................................................................................................................... 94 3.9 Information Bar ................................................................................................... 94 4. File Compare ................................................................................................................ 97 4.1 File Compare ....................................................................................................... 97 4.2 Go To .................................................................................................................. 98 4.3 Sync ..................................................................................................................... 98 4.4 Other .................................................................................................................... 99 5. Transmission .............................................................................................................. 102 5.1 Transmission ..................................................................................................... 102 5.2 Machine ............................................................................................................. 103 5.3 Setup .................................................................................................................. 106 6. Editor Setup ................................................................................................................ 107 6.1 General Program Settings ................................................................................. 107 6.1.1 Editor Settings ............................................................................................ 110 6.1.2 Printing ....................................................................................................... 114 6.2 File Types .......................................................................................................... 116 6.2.1 Colors ......................................................................................................... 118 6.2.2 Block Numbers .......................................................................................... 121 6.2.3 Load / Save ................................................................................................ 126 6.2.4 File Compare .............................................................................................. 129 6.2.5 Machine ..................................................................................................... 131 6.2.6 Backplot ..................................................................................................... 134 6.2.7 Tool Scanning ............................................................................................ 137 6.2.8 Insert tool definition ................................................................................... 139 4 Contents 6.2.9 Multi Channel ............................................................................................ 143 6.2.10 Tool List ..................................................................................................... 145 6.2.11 Other .......................................................................................................... 147 6.3 Global Colors .................................................................................................... 149 6.4 External Commands .......................................................................................... 150 6.5 Mazatrol Viewer ................................................................................................ 152 6.5.1 Font settings ............................................................................................... 153 6.6 Plugins ............................................................................................................... 153 7. DNC Settings .............................................................................................................