CAMWorks, anyone?

The place I work in is looking at Solid Edge, and I had a nice chat
with the rep. He indicated to me that the next release of Solid Edge
(current is v18) would partner with NX Cam, much in the same way that
SolidWorks is with Cosmos. I've been saying this for a while, if
SolidWorks were to join with Mastercam, they could be the killer app
for job shops. But if Mastercam does not get on board, I'm sure
SolidWorks can find another partner, because this looks like the next
logical direction for CAD to go into. If SE and SW (and eventually
Autodesk) start battling it out in the CAM arena, this will be good
since even the better programs like Mastercam are cumbersome to draw
and model with.

Isn't it 2007 yet?

 

Crossposted to alt.machines.cnc.
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it would be nice to have feature-compatability with a proven CAM.
solidCAM, while integrated well, apparently does not (yet?) have the
"reliability" of mastercam.

i think this is one area where the proE guys *may* have something to
say.

 

http://tinyurl.com/kqkmo

 

I've been waiting to see what PTC would do with Pro/E Wildfire 3.
Wildfire 2 still had the old UI for CAM so I didn't bother evaluating
it. PTC re-did their website in the last few days and announced Pro/E
Wildfire 3. From reading the "Top 10 Reason To Upgrade To Pro/E
Wildfire 3.0" .pdf I see that Pro/NC finally has the Wildfire UI:

"Faster CAM. We've updated the manufacturing user interface so it's
now more intuitive and consistent with the rest of Pro/ENGINEER. Also,
a new, modern and familiar user interface for the tool manager makes it
easier and faster to find the right tool for the job. These
productivity enhancements will allow you to create manufacturing
geometry up to 3 times faster."

After so many years of having SaladWorks kick their butt on the ease of
use factor it looks to me like PTC maybe ready to take back some of the
market they lost. PTC has some very aggressive pricing for Pro/E
Wildfire, and a great home package for a very reasonable price. I'm
going to take a good look at Pro/E Wildfire 3 when I get a chance.

Perhaps with Rhino V4 I will be able to stomach the inablity of Pro/E
to properly work with imported non-native Geometry.

Be very interesting to see how many disgusted SaladWorks users make the
move to a more complete / robust solution.

Jon Banquer
Phoenix, Arizona

 

Skipped a blurb/ad, did you?
The agony .....

 

IOW You just posted to shoot off your mouth about your intent
to look at a Web Site someday.
WARNING: It may contain big words or technical terms, such as
"CAD", "CAD/CAM" or "CAM" .....

HTH

 

OrgName: XO Communications

Whose computer & account are you "borrowing"?

 

There's a long standing joke at RMA.
They call the Rhino ducky tutorial "Banquer's Bane".
If he ever completes it he should post it somwhere.

 

Interesting.
Anyone recall when he used the tutorial from a demo as an
example of his own original work? And rapidly got caught by
the actual original "author"?
Someone was asking about that series of posts ....

 

They call the Rhino ducky tutorial "Banquer's Bane".

I don't know the disscussion but the item must be:

"Have you ever posted examples your work like I did on the
alt.machines.cnc chat server that Anthony runs ?".

Wasn't that when he was raving about VX? Or between VX and Swiss Army Knives?
It's hard to keep track of them all. AFAIK that's the only time he's ever
posted anything except his unfounded opinions and that was, as everyone knows, a
first rate screw up. First rule in the Usenet Bullshit Artist's Handbook:
"Never allow yourself to be put in a position where you have to prove what you
say is true.". UBA Guild is considering official censure.

Usenet dummy: "Can you explain what Unified-Hybrid is?".
Jon Banquer: "They're conjoined twins. One is my son and the other my
nephew.".

--Add http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill to your usenet FAQ.

 

One of these days someone will start a Google group (alt.banquerbabble,
alt.clueless or alt.banquercadcam perhaps) and add banquer (probably as a verb)
or banquerBS to Wickipedia ... if they have not already done so <G>.