Monday, February 18, 2013

KipwareM® - Now Even More 4th Axis Compatible !!

We added a great new feature to our Kipware® conversational that adds new flexibility and power to all the Kipware® conversational titles. We have received a lot of requests to make our KipwareM® a little more compatible with users who are programming with either a full 4th axis ... or even just an indexing head.

Well ... we heard ya ... and we got 'er done!! This feature is great for 4th axis and indexing heads ... but can be employed in so many other ways ... let your imagination run wild !!

The new menu feature is called CUSTOM EIA CYCLE ... and here's how it works.


  1. When you select the CUSTOM EIA CODE option from the main menu ... the user is presented with basically a text box where any desired G code can be entered. 
  2. Users can give it an OPERATION NAME ... just like any other cycle ... that means something special to you.
  3. When you save the cycle ... it is loaded into the TREE as any other cycle under the user defined Operation Name.
  4. You can also bring it back at any time to edit the code ... and also bring it back during any other program creation. This means that you can save the cycle and recall it at any time in the future ... saving you even more time and effort.

When you create your G code program ... the contents of the Custom EIA Cycle will be auto-inserted in the designated area of the G code.

Like I mentioned in the beginning ... this is a great feature for 4th axis programming ... but it goes way beyond just that. It is very flexible and they are all reusable code snippets so you can just "define it once and done" ... and re-load them during any other program creation process.

This feature is also now available in all Kipware® conversational ... so in addition to KipwareM®, KipwareT® and the new KipwareW® have this feature as well.

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

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