Cimco for V9 bu not for X3 why?

[Bowfisherman]

I was just wondering how I had Cimco for V9 and have X3 now and don't have it?

 

Thanks

[Guest]

You most certainly do have it.

 

Go settings >> configuragtion >> Start/Exit branch and where it says editor, hit the drop down and change it to Cimco

 

BTW Cimco IS 3rd party and was NOT available from X thru X2 MR1 an an OEM installation but was brought back in X2 MR2

[Bowfisherman]

Awesomeeee, thanks a bunch.

[Bowfisherman]

Thanks again JPARIS, It sure is there and I changed it.

Leonard

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[DavidSV]

For some reason the Cimco that comes with X3 is not the same and I can't go back to the old one. There are a lot of quarks that I don't like about it.

 

Couple for instances:

If you open a NC file and want to receive the program from the machine( say some feed rates got changed at the machine and you want to save them or something like that). In the old Cimco you would select Transmission -> Receive into current window. When you do that now, it receives the program, but when you actually look at the program, its not updated. It just looses the program you received.

 

Also, if you edit something and send it to the machine, it doesn't automatically save it. You have to manually save it now.

[Aaron Eberhard]

Just out of curosrity, can you replace the new Cimco with the old one?

 

I don't know that this would work, so backup first, but if you have the old version of X, and the new X3, the cimco editors should be located in c:mcamxcommoneditorscimco

 

Try to copy the contents of the cimco folder from old to new? Again, I don't know if this will break anything so try at your own risk

 

As an aside, if you ever want windows to open an NC or whatever file with the editors, double click on the file, and when it pops up with the "Open with" dialog, hit "Browse" and browse to the path above and choose your editor. Hit "OK" then "always open this file type with this program."

[Bryan Johnson]

David,

Cimco V5 is bullet proof.

Try using the Icons for “Receive File and open in Editor” and “Send file in current Window”.

You do not need to save changes. What you see is what you get.

 

Let me know if it is still not working correctly.