ENCY 2.0 — what's new & what makes us different

Pulled from official ENCY docs via AI Doc bot, 2026-05-25. Use as fact base for new product page copy — every claim here is documented.

NEW in ENCY 2.0 — feature list

AI & automation

• In-CAM AI Assistant (ChatGPT-based): contextual help in G-code & MachineMaker windows; supports macros, G-code explanation/generation, Python code generation with runnable blocks. → docs
• Auto-generation function (AI): automatic part-model analysis that auto-incorporates operations from an AI knowledge base into a project. → docs

Postprocessing

• Two postprocessor systems: (1) integrated Postprocessors Generator with proprietary SPPX format + language; (2) new open .NET-based postprocessing system (C / VS Code). → docs
• INP template postprocessor added in ENCY 2.

Toolpath strategies

• Additive: Non-planar slicing (surfaces support, planar slicing strategy, tool orientation, rotation-angle limits, multi-feature printing, new infill options). Direct Cladding. Minimum Layer Time parameter.
• 5D Surfacing: adaptive step uniformity, new Project Toolpath by surface normal, separate radial/axial stock allowances.
• Swarf: performance optimization, barrel-tool support, Contact Points control for swarf + 5D Surfacing.
• Cladding 5D / 3D / Curve cladding: expanded 5D cladding (spiral, parallel/morph) for additive + surfacing hybrid workflows.

Machine awareness & collision

• Background machine collision detection during toolpath calculation — catches tool/holder/machine collisions while generating, not just in simulation. → docs
• New collision-avoidance algorithm + direct CDIgnoreList editing from CAM (no need to leave CAM to manage ignored collisions).
• Automatic robot axis mapping: auto-generates collision-free, singularity-avoiding trajectories within safe axis ranges.
• Machine-optimized transitions: link interpolation in machine axes (machine-space shortest path), not Cartesian only.

Robot integration

• MachineMaker updates: Trevisan templates, improved lathe-milling assembly, MachineMaker AI assistant with CAM docs access.
• Robot Components library (online digital-twin library, free).
• Robot Mill module + Robot+ licensing improvements; Advanced multi-axis control for articulated robots.
• Multichannel / Multi Task Machining: synchronized program channels — hybrid CNC + robot cells with sync.

Simulation

• True-solid simulation for milling (not voxel-only) — higher fidelity multi-axis sim.
• Toolpath motion accessible as CLData or G-code for inspection.
• Graph of axes / Graph of volume removed — new analytics for material removal vs. parameters.

UI / Clouds / workflow

• New Home Page, UI theme, faster startup.
• ENCY Clouds redesign — new UI, video recording in chat, mobile apps.
• ENCY Tuner 2 — new UI.
• Interactive parameter UI: 5D Surfacing, Morph, 6D Contouring, Scallop; Rotate toolpath by LocalCS in Robot Map; Fixed Lead Direction / Fixed tilting direction parameters.

Top differentiators (documented, careful wording)

AI Doc warning: ENCY docs don't contain explicit "competitor X lacks Y" claims. These are ENCY's documented capabilities — the combo is the differentiator.

1. Integrated digital-twin + robot ecosystem — ENCY X umbrella: MachineMaker (digital-twin builder) + Robot Components library + ENCY Clouds + Robot/Robot+ modules, single vendor.
2. Machine-aware planning — background collision detection during toolpath generation + interactive CDIgnoreList + machine-space link planning.
3. Automatic robot axis mapping — singularity- and collision-aware trajectory generation.
4. Hybrid CNC + robot multi-channel — Multi Task Machining sync across CNC and robot channels in one project.
5. In-CAM AI — AI assistant + AI auto-generation of operations (rare in the category).
6. Two in-house postprocessor systems — SPPX generator + open .NET postprocessing (extensible by users).
7. True-solid multi-axis simulation with CLData/G-code transparency.
8. Additive + subtractive in the same CAM — Cladding 3D/5D, Non-planar slicing alongside multi-axis subtractive (5D/6D, Morph, Swarf).
9. Online Robot Components library (free, maintained digital-twin parts).
10. Technological independence — proprietary stack, no third-party licensing dependencies (vault positioning; confirms in docs by virtue of in-house tooling).

Cite-worthy doc links (for evidence / proof-section anchors)

• AI assistant: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/10428.html
• Auto-generation (AI): https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/10003.html
• Postprocessor systems: https://docs.encycam.com/Inp/2/en/10000.html
• Background collision detection: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/18921.html
• 5D Surfacing: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/10135.html
• Additive — non-planar slicing: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/1052.html
• Robot+ / Robot Mill: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/10368.html
• Robot Components: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/10390.html
• Simulation (true-solid): https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/10331.html
• Multi Task Machining: https://docs.encycam.com/ENCY/2/en/261.html
• MachineMaker updates: https://docs.encycam.com/MachineMaker/1/mill/en/73.html