In its latest release, Ency 3.0, CAM automation has been added, with a new macros engine to let users record and reuse actions inside the software, automate typical operations, define editable parameters, and build more advanced automation workflows for CNC machining manually, through scripts, or with the help of AI coding tools.
The aim is to help users identify and resolve errors faster, understand what caused them, get guidance directly in the workflow, and avoid repeating the same manual steps again when programming CNC machines and industrial robots.
Additionally, Ency 3.0 sees AI-assisted CAM added to the software. These first steps toward more intelligent CAM workflows within Ency add assistance for cost estimation, project troubleshooting, guided learning, feature recognition and programming setup.
For CNC programming specifically, a new tool assembly system for building and managing realistic tool assemblies with holders, adapters, cutting inserts and other components has been introduced, allowing the software to work with accurate tool and holder geometry. This should help CNC simulation be more realistic and collision checking more reliable. Programmers can better understand what will happen on the machine before the program reaches the shop floor.
Auto Check Holder is designed to automatically tilt the tool when avoiding holder collisions. Feeds and Speedswill help calculate cutting conditions based on the tool, material, and machining method. Instead of starting from manual lookup or guesswork, programmers will be able to work from built-in cutting data and grow their own shop libraries over time.
Another major update is 3D Surfacing, a new universal operation introduced for 3-axis finishing. It will combine Plane, Waterline, Scallop and combined finishing strategies into a single workflow to help programmers machine steep and shallow areas with fewer transitions, cleaner toolpaths, and fewer manual corrections.
For 5-axis machining, Ency 3.0 extends support for high-end and advanced manufacturing tasks, with Blade Machining supporting complex 5-axis work on blades, impellers and bladed disks. Meanwhile, Swarf machining promises to provide cleaner 5-axis finishing of side surfaces and complex walls.
Additive and hybrid manufacturing workflows are another part of the new launch, with planar, non-planar and radial slicing to help generate deposition paths for complex parts, including rings, sleeves, shells, blades and helical surfaces.
Beyond individual features, Ency CEO Andrei Kharatsidi also announced a more connected Ency workflow, connecting CNC programming, robot programming, shop-floor verification, cloud collaboration, and AI-assisted workflows into the connected Ency X environment.
Launched in 2024, Ency Software is an independent CAD/CAM and robotics software developer based in Limassol, Cyprus.
