Solidworks Chopper

You need to learn how to use one. How about etch-s-sketch?
Heard it got good reviews ....

 

Sure, but it has some serious problems when it comes to larger assemblies.
Which is why they still use Pro/E.

Yeah, a GUI is important. VX's sucks IMHO. But the modeling tools are so
good, and most importantly, they WORK! Delcam's GUI was far superior IMHO.

Didn't get it. Try re-sending.

 

Parametric Technology Corporation's Pro/E doesn't have to catch up.
Pro/E is always being copied... They were the first and best!
The only thing that Pro/E can be accused of is changing there program so
the END USER(anyone) can use it also.

Had a teacher that used to put down Pro/E... The school decided to have
him teach the Pro/E class also... After he had to learn Pro/E and teach
a couple of courses, he now preaches Pro/E and how much more you can do
on the high end side of things.

Just need to be smart enough to use it?

Jack

 

jack wrote:
big snip

So UG started up and copied Pro/E in what year? Same for Catia?

 

OOPS
Catia ver.1 1982,- ver.3 1988; Catia CadCam ver.4 1993; versions for
HP,SGI, and Sun 1995; went public 1996; bought SolidWorks 1997; Ver. 5
1999; Ver. 4r14 2004
Don't know too much about UG... except they buy up new tech to enhance
their product.

PTC started in 1985... I was told that PTC was the first to use
Parametrics... Since I was told this and I didn't research it, I could
be wrong
Jack

 

They did not copy. They added the *option* of using
constrained parametrics.
Using such made it easier to get new users a bit trained
for the simple stuff as well as to migrate users from other
(constrained parametric) systems.

But such made the end capabilities for such users quite
a bit more limited.

There used to be huge classes of things that just
could not be modeled in Pro-E (or AutoCad either <G>).

HTH

 

Try telling jb <G>.

 

Hey Kathy,
We gonna do lunch? I've been working my ass off. I need an excuse to get
out of the office. You pick the place and I'm buying.

Gary H. Lucas

 

Actually you are very right on that aspect. I had an idea once that I was
trying to model in Solidworks and immediately got caught-up and frustrated
by the limitations imposed by planes and wound up sketching it out on a
piece of paper instead. Certainly user ability is important; but given a
certain level of proficiency, one should not have to jump through hoops, try
to figure ways to fool the CAD system to do what you want to do.

Laz

 

Agreed. Well said.

Do you mean Cannondale the bike company ?

If so, did you ever machine any of their parts ? When I lived
in Connecticut I did and I still remember what it said next to
Drawn By:

Joe Mamma.

:>)


jon

 

You don't know.... ;>)

jon

 

That's probably wrong too.
They buy users & market share, probably, in low-end markets &

AFAIK They were the first to go strongly in this direction (and
on a PC platform).
As noted though constrained parametrics limits what
can be done & designed.

In part, it was sold as "easy to learn & use". That's always
a pitfall as it clearly restricts what can be done.

A major reason that I once turned down a position with
a local VAR when they were just getting started, long ago.

HTH

 

Don't talk back !

jon

 

I'm just a janitor.

jon

 

I sent you off an email. Let me know if you don't get it.

jon

 

I do & you don't use any of it <GG>.

 

Any good at it yet?

 

I've read your posts... (only when I need to take a Jon(shit)

 

I'm sorry...

All programs buy up and sell off other programs to enhance thiers.
The best programs are the ones we like after using them.
I like solidworks over autocad and pro/e over solidworks.. That's me..

I'd like to try catia

 

If I did a Solidworks theme bike I would make up to half of it transparent,
cut the side of the motor, use armoured glass or whatever, same thing for
the transmission....paint sky-blue on the fenders...push-button starter,
lights, etc all icons on a toolbar on the handelbar...

Neat, huh ?

Laz (" ideas-man" )