reduce design time

bob z. just got an email from solidworks. the subject read: reduce
your design time.

yeah, right!!! what a joke. bob z. can not wait till he is dead.
really dead. why? when bob z. is dead, he will not have to deal with
solidworks, engineering managers, toolmakers, friends, family, and
money. none of it any more. all gone. no worries. nothing.
nothing but emptiness.

screws changing configs. mates flipping. in-context failures. blah,
blah, blah. the endless pop-ups. the endless wait for loads and
saves.

oh, the wonderful kiss of death.

bob z.
p.s. solidworks just killed another hopeful soul...

 

TOP WONDERS IF bob z. REMEMBERS THIS:

IT IS APPOINTED TO MAN ONCE TO DIE AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGEMENT. T O P
HOPES bob z. WILL FIND A RELAXING HOBBY LIKE WEEDING PETUNIAS.

T O P SAW THE SAME EMAIL. IT EVOKED THE SAME FEELINGS IN T O P AS IN
GOOD OL' bob z. THEN T O P CLICKED ON THE LINK. LIMIT FOUR TO A
CUSTOMER. NO NDA. NO PROMISES.

T O P HAS TRIED 3DC2 ABOUT FOUR TIMES. T O P THINKS SW NEEDS TO SET
SOME STANDARDS FOR THOSE THAT SHARE MODELS THIS WAY. STANDARDS ON HOW
TO GET INTO THE SITES AND STANDARDS ON HOW TO BUILD THE MODELS.
OTHERWISE T O P SPENDS AS MUCH TIME REWORKING THE MODELS AS BUILDING
THEM FROM SCRATCH. T O P IS ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE 3DC2 MODELS ARE NOT
IN 2004 FORMAT ANYMORE. WHO COULD IMAGINE THIS BEING SO. T O P CAN
BUILD A LOT OF MODELS FOR $1,395.

 

Amen brother

 

T O P JUST GOT ANOTHER EMAIL THE SAME AS THE FIRST. T O P IS SO HAPPY.

 

T O P is correct, the majority of the models are pretty much useless
for mechanical design. The models are dumb, if you DL a pneumatic
cylinder, guess what! the rod wont extend!! AWESOME!!! What a waste of
my time to go back and do something that can be built right into the
models when we DL them.

mrcswp

 

Also,
I think SW has more important things they need to be concerned with and
concentrating their time on. But hey, thats just me!

mrcswp

 

Agreed on some of that. I recall the same thing from the old acad days
and all the "free" libraries out there. Only catch is that you
inherited 13 poorly named layers, geometry that was not connected,
line-over-line-over-line. Basically made it not worth it. I have seen
the 3D analog in some of the libraries out there. Others are so good
as to astound me. Destaco is a shining example of the joys of having a
good foundation. I'm also in love with Southco. Other model libraries
I just shrug off and go back to work.

My "uppity" nature does not allow me to integrate that stuff into
anything. A lot like the 13 layer syndrome. . .

The other one is the way way way overdetailed and that is painful too.
Like I need all that definition bogging me down. There are many good
libraries out there with the right detail level. The real trick is
finding them. Once cannot successfully polish a turd . . .

Later,

SMA

 

I believe the problem stems with people who have great intentions but
have no idea how the end product will be used by the people they are
supposed to be "helping'.

Case in point - I go onto a manufactuer's website. I select my "part"
from a selection wizard that walks me through a series of questions to
determine what component I need (i.e. cylinder size, stroke, material,
mounting hardware, etc..) Once I select this component I can see
secondary information such as description, pricing, etc...

I then download the part directly into SW.

In order for it to appear correctly in a BOM I have to then go and
manually add all this information to the configuration specific
properties of the model. If the model is supplied with multiple
configurations I then have to repeat for each set.

Question: Why can't the meta-data populate the model prior to
downloading it to my desktop?
I figure the first company to figure this out would have a huge
competitive advantage over their rivals. .......

Yet I wait ..............


If "sense" is so common ...... why is it in such short supply?

Len

 

Which gets back to my point:

If SW really want's 3DC2 to be universally useful they will have to set
standards or at least require them. With the new ANSI standard for 3D
model documentation they can set some standards that will make
downloaded models consistent and useful. And they can set some
standards to make the web interface consistent. One reason I don't use
it is that it is a portal to each vendor's web site and typically
requires giving information and finding parts by different procedures
on each site.