G-zero.com
Title
G-ZERO by Rapid Output
Description
RAPID OUTPUT began developing Computer Assisted Manufacturing (CAM) Software on a fold-out table in Don Ball's Silicon Valley den in 1985. Back then, we called ourselves VISUAL N.C. and our first product was named GEOVISION. By the end of 1986, dozens of San Francisco Bay Area machine shops were using GEOVISION. People as far away as Europe were beginning to appreciate the productivity benefits that could be achieved with customized, conversational software.
By tailoring software to output precisely the G-code our customers needed, we soon gained a reputation as a competent, honest and service-oriented company. When one of our early customers (a shop specializing in large quantities of small parts) asked us to find an easier way to put 100 parts on one plate of magnesium, we developed a single command that multiplied a one part program into hundreds -- even on a horizontal machine with the tombstone turned 12.5 degrees!
Of course, even a system ideally suited to your shop is useless if it takes a rocket scientist to run it. So our programmers took the 'computerese' out of the system. Commands to move the quill up and down are simple, shop words like MILL and DRILL. To turn cutter compensation on, you call up COMP. This conversational machinist's language, along with the people who created and support it, are what set G-ZERO apart from other CAM Systems.
