Breaking News!!!!!

[gcode]

Mastercam in Solidworks

 

 

I've been struggling to keep this secret for a couple of weeks.

[Darren Long SPE]

excellent..... I hope they do the FBM for Inventor also!!!

[malibu]

+1000 (excellent..... I hope they do the FBM for Inventor also!!!)

[gcode]

FBM will run inside Mastercam.

I'm sure it will work on any solid, created

in Mastercam or imported from Inventor or SolidWorks.

Mastercam in SolidWorks is an entirely new and seprate product. It will run INSIDE SolidWorks

and is designed to comptete with SolidCam/Camworks/HSMWorks

[Mark H]

Sound interesting...

 

Any word on how the licensing would work? Say I have a regular seat of Mastercam, I wonder if we could freely “move” the Mastercam license over to a Solidworks seat. Would any fees be involved with the switch over? And could we still use the regular Mastercam seat. After all the seat would be tied to the SIM - right?

[3R!< W3NG3R]

Gcode, is it safe to assume that the SW version is an extra purchase?

[Guest]

AFAIK, the SW module is separate from the stand alone version of MCAM

[Mark H]

We'll probably have to add another sub-forum for this.

[Guest]

"SolidMaster"

 

It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it g?

 

[Jim at Gentex]

WOW!!

 

This is what I've been waiting for!

 

My employer recently decided to switch to Solid Works and Solid Cam, but now that this is available maybe they will look into it before moving any further.

 

Thanks, G, you made my day!

[beej]

That exciting news!

 

 

is this coming out in X3 or in an SP?

[gcode]

No... its a new product.. seprate from Mastercam

[Bruce Caulley]

WOO...

[Bruce Caulley]

HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[beej]

quote:

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No... its a new product.. seprate from Mastercam

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FBM also?

[doyleg]

yea, that's my question. Does FBM come with X3? Or do you have to pay for it as an add-on?

[gcode]

The news release says FMB will be part of X3

and SolidMaster

[Programinator]

This FBM makes me wonder......

 

Sounds like they are getting close to getting rid of the programmer position altogether.

 

Hope i still have a job when this FBM gets perfected.

[gcode]

Go to the link and click on the Press Kit link.

They've got some screen shots jpeg's

I tried to post them , but it wouldn't let me

[Gary Hargreaves CNC]

Hi All,

 

A quick comment on Shawn's post before I leap into the SolidWorks announcement.

 

A machine shop will always be more competitive with someone who knows how to program and optimize what they have created. That's the competitive value of a good programmer.

 

Thanks for all the positive coments about Mastercam for SolidWorks. We are hoping that it fills a gap in our product line and allows a SolidWorks customer to stay in SolidWorks.

 

It is a separate purchasable product that requires SolidWorks.

Licensing is still underdiscussion, and we probably won't have those details worked out for a few months.

It is based on X3, but will not release with X3. Right now it's on it's own path, but the plan is to release shortly after X3.

testing is hopefully late Feb.

Initial functionality is HST 3-axis toolpaths and FBM Drill. More functionality to follow.

Other options (Multi-axis, Lathe, etc) to follow based on market demand.

Learning curve? If you know SolidWorks and use the HST toolpaths in X2, you are probably 90% there.

Hope this helps. There's a lot I cannot say because it is still evolving and/or, we haven't told the Resellers.

 

And yes, FBM is part of X3.

 

Thanks,

 

gary

[Midwest]

web page Link

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

quote:

"we haven't told the Resellers"

 

Thats OK Gary, I usually get the latest from the forum anyway. j/k

[Gary Hargreaves CNC]

[Gary Hargreaves CNC]

You know, as soon as I posted, I knew someone would jump on it.

 

Let me rephrase -

 

The items I cannot talk about are because-

Thing are still fluid, or

We'd like to tell our Reseller before posting on the Forum.

 

gary

[Bruce Caulley]

Only 3d paths?

 

Bruce