From: Cliff on
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?
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Cliff
From: Cliff on
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 ....
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Cliff
From: Cliff on
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>
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Cliff
From: Cliff on
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
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