From: Cliff on 11 Nov 2009 06:29 On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:06 -0800 (PST), Joe788 <larryrozer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >NX drilling interface isn't as good as SolidCAM's <Snicker> Drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling = yonnie bunko You've never used it. EITHER of them. And a simple program cannot do nearly as much .... You don't, after all, want any control, do you? -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 11 Nov 2009 06:30 On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:06 -0800 (PST), Joe788 <larryrozer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>NX, Mastercam, Smartcam, et all... they're all >> fairly "cheap" and simple to use. > >NX drilling interface isn't as good as SolidCAM's and I'd bet good >money that Cimatron's drilling maybe even better based on what I know >about using SolidCAM's drilling and how SolidCAM came to have the >drilling interface it now has. All those yammering little voices .... -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 11 Nov 2009 06:32 On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:06 -0800 (PST), Joe788 <larryrozer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>3D contour? A chunk more. > >For the last several years FeatureCAM has used the exact same toolpath >surfacing engine as PowerMill and FeatureCAM 3 axis toolpath surfacing >is very reasonable compared to the Mastercam and Gibbscam quotes I >received. Are the holes ROUND? As you NOW need MasterCAM quotes you don't actually have that either (legally). <Snicker> -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 11 Nov 2009 06:33 On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:06 -0800 (PST), Joe788 <larryrozer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>NX, Mastercam, Smartcam, et all... they're all >> fairly "cheap" and simple to use. > >NX drilling interface isn't as good as SolidCAM's and I'd bet good >money that Cimatron's drilling maybe even better based on what I know >about using SolidCAM's drilling and how SolidCAM came to have the >drilling interface it now has. All those yammering little voices .... -- Cliff
From: Cliff on 11 Nov 2009 06:33
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:06 -0800 (PST), Joe788 <larryrozer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >NX drilling interface isn't as good as SolidCAM's <Snicker> Drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling drilling = yonnie bunko You've never used it. EITHER of them. And a simple program cannot do nearly as much .... You don't, after all, want any control, do you? -- Cliff |