Mastercam vs Aplicon

[oldday]

I am new in here , I am a student in college

learning Autocad for now ,I am very interesting learning Cad/Cam and looking for a job .

First I saw they put the Ad. on newspaper

sometime Mastercam experience , sometime Aplicon experience , I like to know what is

Aplicon ? been lookimg for website for

Aplicon to read and understand but can't find

it. I came here to read in this forums , I realy like it.

Anyone in here can explain for me , please .

Thanks in advance.

[JAMMAN]

I've heard of a conversational program called "Intercon", but never applicon.

Anyone else?

Just found it. Must be a flavor of unigraphic$.

Jim

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[cadcam]

I have not found any info on a cad/cam software called Aplicon.

If you have any info on this software please post it.

[BernieT]

Applicon was purchased by Unigraphics - see the press release at:

http://www.ugs.com/news/1999/ug_applicon.shtml

[cadcam]

Thanks Bertau,

All so it was nice meeting you.

Are you coming to the User group this coming month?

[JAMMAN]

I was going to post that link but I wasn't sure if it was "cool" or not with management, being this is a MASTERCAM forum. Looks like applicon has been around for years and I can't find a bad article on it yet. I'm taking a good educated guess that since unigraphic$ ha$ bought it the price ha$ ju$t gone beyond a normal budget.

Jims humble opinion

[BernieT]

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Are you coming to the User group this coming month?

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Not sure yet, Good to meet you too, Cadcam.

BerTau

[kathy]

Applicon (Bravo) is the graphics CAM that CompactII migrated into when Applicon bought out MDSI / Slumber________ (sp??) in the late 1980's.

Bravo is now part of EDS product line.

Kathy

[Simtech]

Applicon is a CAD/CAM software that initially work in a UNIX/VMS platform OS and just recently had migrated towards Windows.

CompactII language can somewhat be compared to a cutter location (CL) file and afterwards be posted out to G-Code format for machine controls.

Applicon had a number of software products, one being the Bravo CAD product.

It is certainly not a mainstream software as Mastercam or some other competitive products but was there back in the beginning.

Never heard any bad things about the product other than it was on a non-Windows based OS for so long.

I actually had to teach CompactII a while back.

Luc

[JAMMAN]

What happened to oldday? Member # 1038?

[gcode]

Does anyone know anything about Hypermill?

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[kathy]

Compact II 'ws' a language driven system, but unlike APT, didn't produce a cl file. The g-code was generated directly from the imputed text program.

I learned programming using Compact II back in 1978 - when we were hooked up to main frames over in Newport Beach via the phone line! Ah, the old days.....

Kathy

Luc - how long ago did you teach Compact II? Where?

[Simtech]

Kathy,

I tought CompactII back in ... lets see ... was that really 1988, hum I guess so! This software was THE software for CAM teached at Sherbrooke College here in Quebec. since then, I introduced Mastercam since 1995-1996. As of 1999, I'm now a Mastercam reseller, so I guess I liked the product alot!

Luc

[oldday]

I have been busy for home work to ready take

a Final test.

Thanks for your guy to explain very clear

That's mean Aplicon is gone from 1999 to now

But why a lot of Big Company they still using that?

how do they still looking for people have experience to work on Aplicon?

someone like me don't know anything?

I think better learn Mastercam.

[BernieT]

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I think better learn Mastercam.

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Good thinking! That would be my suggestion.