ExpertCAD

Are you a former Cimlinc customer?

The closing of CIMLINC Inc. in 2000 has left former CIMLINC customers with great concerns about maintaining their CIMLINC application software and data files. Are you a user of Linkage? Geometry Editor? CIMCAD or CIMCAM? Did you know that the node-locked license scheme used by CIMLINC applications means that when the UNIX workstation you depend on eventually dies, your software licenses die with it? In short, that system and application software is gone. Because of that, your data files, your intellectual property can't be accessed. Forever. Just keeping the old hardware running can be an expensive and aggravating proposition. Replacing your CIMLINC software means incurring lost productivity while you retrain. In fact, you may never become as productive as you were with your old CIMLINC software.


Cimlinc Legacy Software and Service Solutions

Because our historical roots go all the way back to Cimlinc, we have software solutions and software services that can be of assistance to your team to solve your legacy data problems.

InfoManager

Derived from the same base code as Cimlinc Linkage, InfoManager assembles forms from embedded intelligent formulas and macros to extract and format external text and graphic data files. The same powerful ScriptLINK programming language is at the heart of InfoManager and ExpertCAD. This means that the applications you have that were built with Linkage may run with minimal or no changes whatsoever. Document data files generated by Linkage are 100% compatible with InfoManager. Design and manufacturing cannot function without correct documentation. That’s why InfoManager has long been a part of our AMT suite of products. Simple to use yet powerful, InfoManager removes the drudgery of mundane everyday tasks such as creating setup sheets, building parts list or completing ECNs. InfoManager is available only for Sun/Oracle SPARC-based workstations running the Solaris operating system. If you are currently using Linkage Developer Edition, Integrator Edition or User Edition then InfoManager may very well be the perfect replacement.


Cimlinc Linkage Document Conversion Service

Is your data being held hostage? Can't share your intellectual property with your customers and suppliers because it is in Cimlinc Linkage proprietary format? We can help. Whether you have just a few documents or 100's or even 1000's of files, we can convert these from Cimlinc Linkage document file format to Adobe PDF format.


Linkage License Transfers

Cimlinc licensing tied the software to the host ID of the computer for which it was licensed. If you need to transfer the Cimlinc license(s) you have to another computer due to a hardware failure, we can issue you the same license authorizations for the new computer. You will need to send us your current permissions file. Once we have this data file along with the new host ID, we can send you a new permissions file that authorizes the new computer to run your Cimlinc software. We can only transfer licenses from one computer to another; we cannot issue you additional licenses for your Cimlinc software.


ExpertCAD

The CIMLINC Geometry Editor (LK4000) as well as CIM CAD are ancestors of ExpertCAD. Because these CIMLINC applications were derived from the same source tree, data files are 100% compatible with ExpertCAD. No translator is necessary! You custom macros and scripts that make you so productive are also 100% compatible. Since parting ways with CIMLINC, our focus on CAD/CAM naturally led to the many enhancements to ExpertCAD. In short, this ExpertCAD may be the perfect upgrade to your CIMLINC software. ExpertCAD is available for Windows and Sun/Oracle SPARC-based workstations running the Solaris operating system.


ExpertCAM

ExpertCAM is production oriented 2D NC programming system that traces its heritage back to CIMLINC's CIM CAM. Just like ExpertCAD and InfoManager, all your data files, macros and customization as well as post processors are 100% compatible with ExpertCAM. The investment you've made over the years to automate and refine your N C programming doesn't need not go down the drain. Migrating to ExpertCAM means you can continue to crank out NC programs to keep your machine tools humming. ExpertCAM is available for Windows and Sun/Oracle SPARC-based workstations running the Solaris operating system.