Breaking News!!!!!

[Guest]

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Only 3d paths?

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Only to start Bruce, yes

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Sure would be nice to have MMT Dialed in FIRST!!! We've only been waiting 10 YEARS for that!

[MIKE_B]

This is awsome news. I'm new to the solid works side but I can see this being a great addition. Looking forward to it!!

[Die Sinker]

Damn, I retired too soon!

[Dave Ball]

Apps Guy I'm willing to show my ignorance...what is MMT?

[Ron Branch @ Verisurf]

That is their Mill/Turn package and since he use to sell Mastercam he has an inside knowledge as to what they were doing when he was a dealer.

[Thad]

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Only 3d paths?

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Only to start Bruce, yes

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Where does it say anything about only 3d? Here's a quote from the link. EDIT:I'm only interested in non-SolidWorks products here.

 

 

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Feature-Based Machining (FBM)

 

Mastercam’s new Feature-Based Machining automates the machining process. This offers shops dramatic speed improvements and allows for great reductions in programming time. Mastercam’s FBM will automatically evaluate the part and program pockets, contours, bosses, and drilling routines with minimal user input.

New users to Mastercam will be machining 2D solid parts sooner thanks to FBM's ease of use and short learning curve.

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Thad

[FLIPPER™]

I just cannot wait. This is what I have wanted for a while. Great something to look forward to no. and to keep maintenance.

[Kyle Waters]

So, will this open the door for "history" between the cad system(inventor), and Mastercam? If we get a part similar(like a size adjustment), would this be beneficial?

[gcode]

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So, will this open the door for "history" between the cad system(inventor), and Mastercam?

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No... the FBM in Mastercam will not access the history tree from any other CAD system.

The new product, Mastercamin SolidWorks will have

access (and I assume complete associativity)

with the SolidWorks history tree because

it will run inside SW.

[gcode]

From reading the news release, Mastercam FBM will probably contain some 2D toolpaths.

The first release of SoMastercam in SolidWorks

will contain the high speed 3D stuff from X2/X3

as well as FBM drilling.

[bigjohn]

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Damn, I retired too soon!

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Me too. I've been retired for 10 years now. It's not fair. Is it?

[beej]

I'm really feeling sorry for, Diesinker and Bigjohn. You guys wanna switch for a while. I don't mind fishing on Monday mornings and thinking about what life coulda been like.

 

[Jim at Gentex]

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

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Gary,

 

Record one vote for multi-axis to start that 'market demand' ball rolling.

 

I'm sure the lathe guys will chime in too!

 

If I'm to convince management to even consider this for our needs, it must have multi-axis capability!

 

:end begging and pleading:

[mig]

what about time calculation?

Model will be in solid. Time for calculation shorter if model include surfaces only so far . Using Solid model make calculation time longer isn't it?

[Guest SAIPEM]

mig,

 

Probably not.

 

Odds are MC will be using the surfaces that make up the faces of the Solid or a tessellation of the Solid.

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

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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

 

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Don't forget about trying to compete with Open Mind's hyperMILL/SolidWorks integrated product. I'm along time Mastercam User and have been using X since the release of alpha (I've put it through the paces) and I've recently recieved training in the new hyperMILL/SolidWorks integrated product all I can say is Nice Work Open Mind and CNC Software really has their work cut out for themselves.

 

I urge anyone that is considering SolidWorks Integrated CAM Product to take a serious look at hyperMILL (Don't let the name fool you, Mill/Turn is an option). This is not a true competion!

 

Keith

Solid Code Solutions

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

PS

 

The hyperMILL/SolidWorks product is available NOW and is a SolidWorks Gold Level Partner! Check it out!

 

Keith

[gcode]

Hypermill is good stuff but VERY expensive

and very few US dealers.

I worked at ashop that had a 5X seat of Hypermill.

They had $100K invested in it and STILL didn't have a full seat. I suspect Hypermill in SolidWorks is pricey as well.

HSMWorks also has a nice CAM in SOlidWorks system.

reasonalbly priced too.

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Hey Gcode,

 

I agree once you get into the specialty 5 axes modules the price get start going up pretty quick, but the main stream 2.5D, 3D and regular 5axes modules are competitive and in some cases priced very competitive to others.

 

I've ran them all, meaning SolidWorks Gold Partner CAM products as well as Mastercam, and worked for In-House Solutions for a couple of years out here on the West Coast.

[Greg Williams]

This is a very interesting topic, Now I know that Solidworks is very popular but then so is Inventor,

 

So why is it that everybody wants to run in Solidworks, As far as I can guess there are currently 5 CAM systems

 

SolidCAM

CAMworks

HSMworks

Hypermill

Now Mastercam

 

And none for Autodesk?

[Guest]

Autodesk suc*s

 

People use it simply because they don;t know better

 

[silky_johnson]

Hypermill has always had a intergrated Inventor product as well as Pro-E wildfire. Intergration is what they do and have done for years.

[Jay Kyle]

The existing CAM products have hyped up the Solidworks integration market to a frenzy, but no one could deliver a good full featured CAM product. That is until now!

 

SolidCAM's phenomenal growth is what everyone including investors are watching. To not jump into that market when you're the encumbant is risking missing the boat.

 

A long time ago the Railroad companies used to rule the contintent, until trucking started picking up speed, pretty soon trucking was moving more freight than the Railroads and they almost went broke. What the Railroad companies hadn't realised was they were in the "transportation" business, not the "railroad" business, they didn't adapt to the market and it almost sunk them.

 

I recently went through the evaluation cycle trying to pick the best CAM that would work along side my Solidworks and lamented the fact that there was no decent CAM plug-in for Solidworks. It irritates the heck out of me that I needed to learn two drafting systems, when all I wanted was best of breed CAD/CAM, discrete and integrated.

 

In fact I believe the old argument that you need separate CAD for the engineering office and shop floor starts to wain when you think about Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with a tightly integrated and competitively priced product.

 

Jay

[gcode]

HSMWorks makes SolidCam look like a toy