5 axis verify

[Bruce Caulley]

Morning all,

Since the 5 axis verify option is half price until the end of this month I am thinking of getting it. My only suspicion is that it will be redundant in X.

 

Still worth it?

 

Bruce

[gcode]

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My only suspicion is that it will be redundant in X.

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L3 V9 maintenance users will get grandfathered into X 5axis. If they have solids verify it will grandfather also.

 

New X customers will have to buy 5X as an additional module and solids verify will be included. Solids verify will no longer be an option.

 

I just bought the solids addon for my SIM and

it is very nice in X. I think that it will be even nicer as X matures. My personal opinion is that the solids addon will be essential a year or so down the road so I got it while it was half price.

 

If you plan on doing 5X stuff in X, its well worth the money.

[Greg Williams]

Gcode is the solids now Parametric?

[Bruce Caulley]

G,

Most of our work is 5 axis. A lot of what is coming in is going to be simultaneous so I thought it might be a good ides.

 

If MC solids is moving to a proper parametric system then I would be all for it as well. It might delay or stop our future switch from MC and Delcam to catia.

 

Bruce

[Greg Williams]

Bruce,

 

So you are looking at Catia for design and Manufacturing?

 

I am currently manufacturting a special cutter body on a Mazak Variaxis, every time the thing changes Pallets I keep thinking its going to fall off, I think that now I am officially spooked by your past experiences.

[gcode]

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is the solids now Parametric

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No it is the same as V9. There's a new interface,

some new features and a new solids manger, but

its not like SolidWorks.

The new Verify is nice. The graphics are outstanding and I haven't seen any of the watertight STL issues we have in V9.

It still runs on the NCI file so it won't catch

posting errors. I still run all my 4 and 5X stuff through gcode verification before it goes to the machine.

Both Backplot and Verify are much better at catching toolplane errors than V9 was.

 

As I said earlier, I felt the new Verify was good enough to upgrade to the solids module.

As we move into X2 next year, I believe the solids module will be even more useful.

[Bruce Caulley]

Greg,

Don't watch the pallets, your hair will end up standing on end

 

We are looking at catia, mainly because our customers will probably expect us to have it in the near future. We have a design seat that we use to translate customer models and do the quoting but they would be happier if it was designed, machined and inspected with their native files.

 

Bruce

[Bruce Caulley]

Morning all,

With the 5 axis verify module will we be able to turn true solid back on and use the save as stl button?

 

Bruce

[gcode]

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With the 5 axis verify module will we be able to turn true solid back on and use the save as stl button

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Yes, and it makes beautiful STL's.

Its the main reason I bought the upgrade.

[Bruce Caulley]

Thanks G

[Harryman]

May I reiterate?

 

Any V9 option available now at half price that will see it's funtionality blossom in X should be made available at a discount when (ever) X appears. (like it essentially has for our good pal Gcode now)

 

Maintanance, offered as a buy now get X free later, has left an icky taste for many. Don't do that or anything remotely similar again.

 

If X has features that will make a V9 option shine, then it's really an X option not a V9 option. Offer the deal when X is reality.