Cimco Filter

gcode · July 19, 2022, 06:14 AM

Anybody using this??
If it works and generates safe code, I could really use this for some of my older machines

Cimco Filter

MIL-TFP-41 · July 19, 2022, 02:58 PM

Remember back in the V8 or V9 days...there was a addon that was installed as part of Mastercam. MetaTools or MetaCut or something like that. I remember it having a filter function.

Doesn't answer your question....but agreed, something like that could be very useful.

TSmcam · July 19, 2022, 07:30 PM

Quote from: gcode on July 19, 2022, 06:14 AMAnybody using this??
If it works and generates safe code, I could really use this for some of my older machines

Cimco Filter

Woah, that is an old product (well, old that I had a license for it a long time ago). I used it a long time ago, and honestly, it was great.

I actually have a license for it. If you want, send me a NC file, and I will filter it for you if you want, to test it.

More than happy to help

neurosis · July 20, 2022, 04:07 AM

Quote from: TSmcam on July 19, 2022, 07:30 PMWoah, that is an old product (well, old that I had a license for it a long time ago). I used it a long time ago, and honestly, it was great.

I remember getting a demo of this way back when we were testing out their version of dynamic I can't remember how many years ago. I tried it a few times and it seemed to work good enough.

We ended up purchasing Volumill instead of Cimco's product so the license eventually expired. I forgot all about it until G brought it up.

gcode · July 20, 2022, 07:05 AM

I sent a file
I doubt Cimco will be able to do much with it
Its a 3D high speed with minimum linking... lots of point to point linking motion

TSmcam · July 20, 2022, 01:40 PM

Yep, Tom was right, it didn't reduce it much. About 7%. Tom knows his stuff

I had some success with it on a couple of other surfacing programmes that were all linear cutting a wavey type surface. It reduced the file size by about 83%, and I tested it through Vericut. Autodiff showed no noticeable difference.

I guess it all depends on the type of toolpath.

mkd · July 20, 2022, 05:34 PM

G06.2 ftw

gcode · July 21, 2022, 06:59 AM

Quote from: TSmcam on July 20, 2022, 01:40 PMYep, Tom was right, it didn't reduce it much. About 7%.

Actually, I don't think it was even that much
I compared the files before and after and I think the size reduction was due to removing spaces in certain blocks of code
I could not find any instances of the NC code being changed

TSmcam · July 21, 2022, 12:50 PM

Quote from: gcode on July 21, 2022, 06:59 AMActually, I don't think it was even that much
I compared the files before and after and I think the size reduction was due to removing spaces in certain blocks of code
I could not find any instances of the NC code being changed

There was some changes, but not much. I did find some arc conversions from linear motion, but it wasn't that much.

mkd · July 29, 2022, 03:23 PM

was in a shop getting a new doosan mill setup. Tech was futzing with a PCMIA card for the data server. "in the wrong slot' yadda yadda
Shop owner and crew were laughing at Fanuc; 1997 wants it's technology back.

Jeff · August 02, 2022, 08:37 AM

Quote from: mkd on July 29, 2022, 03:23 PMwas in a shop getting a new doosan mill setup. Tech was futzing with a PCMIA card for the data server. "in the wrong slot' yadda yadda
Shop owner and crew were laughing at Fanuc; 1997 wants it's technology back.

Yeah, Fanuc isn't known for being user friendly when you want to transfer programs from a computer.
Our new Fanuc I have a FPT setup.
Why the hell they don't just slap Windows in the background and use that networking is beyond me.