I have edge cam and dont care much for it.
John
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From: Zsiros, Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] MASTER CAM
>Dick,
>
>That was a great sales pitch. Now imagine that you are a SmartCam USER, who
>just invested into software that is no longer being developed. For you
>Smartcam is gone, so you now sell Edgecam. No big deal. For the rest of us,
>we have to figure out where to go next, when the old SC translators are no
>longer current enough.
>Keep pushing Edgecam, I am sure you will win some of us over.
>
>Pete Zsiros
>
>P.S. A SmartCam-Rhino Hybrid sounds great to me.
>
> ----------
> From: John Wright [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [MFG-SMARTCAM]
> Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] MASTER CAM
>
> No whiners here just looking for a software with no associtivity
>and lots of control and no wizzards!
> John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> To: 'John Wright' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:31 AM
> Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] MASTER CAM
>
>
> >As everyone knows Smartcam is an excellent cam software and
>has had a big
> >impact on the manufacturing community. When you look at the
>progression
> from
> >Point Control Days until last year the technology was
>second to none. The
> >problem is SDRC has decided to abandon the development of
>the software and
> >focus their attention on the larger customers that are
>willing to spend a
> >lot more money then the normal business. There's a good and
>bad to what
> they
> >have done. The bad is they decided that the customer base
>they have using
> >smartcam was not important anymore. The good thing they
>have done is to
> open
> >our eyes to other software's that are actually as good or
>better and are
> >putting development money into their products to help the
>manufacturing
> >community. We evaluated all of the major Cam software's and
>we used
> Smartcam
> >to compare these products to as one of the test. We found
>that through this
> >process that EdgeCam by Pathtrace had a lot of
>similarities. The system is
> >easy to use and they offer different modules (like Basic
>mill,Freeform
> >Machining,Turn,Wire,etc.)As we investigated Edgecam more we
>saw that they
> >were committed to advance the technologies for the cam
>industry now and in
> >the future. We also found that there are no 2 software's
>that are exactly
> >the same. Some things are easier in smartcam and some in
>Edgecam. We found
> >several features with EdgeCam over Smartcam. Since we
>choose Edgecam to be
> >our Cam product they have made several enhancements above
>smartcam. They
> are
> >able to read several Cad Solids directly, such as
>Catia,Solidedge,etc.
> >Working with code generators are a lot easier and the way
>they store their
> >tools in the tool store is really cool (not to mention the
>ease of
> >programming parts). All I know is that it doesn't matter
>how well we like
> >smartcam it is gone. Anyone that sets around whining about
>it being gone
> >will be the same ones whining later that they are loosing
>business to the
> >companies that moved on. Thanks Pathtrace for stepping up
>to bat and take
> us
> >through the next millenium.
> >Thanks for letting me say my piece.
> >D. Allen
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
><mailto:[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]> On Behalf Of John Wright
> >Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 3:46 PM
> >To: Manhart, Martin; [MFG-SMARTCAM]
> >Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] MASTER CAM
> >
> >
> >Thank you I am still looking for that killer package
>similar to smart cam
> or
> >should I say
> >(smart cam 2 the resurrection ) ha! wishful thinking.
> > John
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Manhart, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >To: 'John Wright' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >Sawickyj, Teofil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:20 PM
> >Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] MASTER CAM
> >
> >
> >>John,
> >>
> >>We just had a 1-1/2 hour demo of Master cam
>milling level 2 V7 & V8 beta
> >>(2-1/2 axis) the modeler is very nice solid
>extruding/subtracting
> unlimited
> >>construction lines nice trimming dimensioning, all
>the toys. It drilled
> >>holes quite well, didn't face mill very well and
>the work planes for
> >>indexing around a Horizontal machine's index table
>were not as easily
> >>created, there is also no automatic resequencing
>of tool path or tool
> >>sorting once tool path is created other than
>grabbing each machining
> >>operation off a list and repositioning the whole
>operation as a unit in a
> >>different order. It's one main flaw is you can't
>edit he tool path
> >elements
> >>that are generated. The demo guy did a pocketing
>cut which had a lot of
> >>repetitious passes through the a valley which you
>could have doctored up
> in
> >>SmartCam but would have been nightmare to deal
>with weeding out of the
> >>actual G-code.
> >>The translator from AutoCAD would only get the
>wire frame elements for the
> >>.dwg file so you still had to write out a .sat
>file from AutoCAD and
> import
> >>the .sat into MasterCam to get the solid model.
> >>The mold/die making package (available for another
>$1,400) looked good
> >>though, it had a lot more gouge checking in it
>than SmartCam.
> >>
> >>I guess we may need it to keep up with the
>changing versions of
> translators
> >>to still be able to import Cad files, but It still
>needs more development.
> >>
> >>P.S. They did say in one of the next versions tool
>path editing is going
> to
> >>be added!
> >>
> >>Marty
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: John Wright
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> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000
>12:25 PM
> >>> To: [MFG-SMARTCAM]
> >>> Subject: [mfg-smartcam] MASTER CAM
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Anybody ever tried MasterCam?
> >>> If so how did it compare to smartcam.
> >>> Thank's
>John
> >>>
> >>>
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