O/T: File management?

[sir Camalot]

Would anyone have a recommendation for file/project management software? Or what you are doing to manage files and projects

[Bullines]

Concerning file management, Windows Explorer has always gotten the job done for me. However, I know of some who are very happy with Explorer replacements such as Windows Commander and 2xExplorer.

 

As far as project management goes, we used Microsoft Project in university in my senior research team and it worked great.

 

Hope this helps

[sir Camalot]

Bullines, thanks for the info.

As I was thinking about file management, I thought about the feature in Outlook for finding a specific contact or client based on keywords that you define. We recently had a customer that wanted to duplicate a part from two years ago(needless to say I didn't include enough info w/ the part geometry & had to search through quite a few files )So I was looking for something that had a file description, maybe a picture, a place for relevent notes; like for setup,material requirements, tooling, etc. & away to search using specific customer name, machining strategies or perhaps a user defined criteria. I know--- wishful thinking! I know that you can do all of this individually (getting lazy, ya know )Just thought there might be a quicker, easier way to get this done.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Well Sir Camaolt, I think you're onto something with MS Outlook. Create a task and attach your MC8/MC9, NC, etc... files to it. You can write to your heart's desire in the task as well. You can also keep track of hours in it, etc... I use MS Outlook to keep track of my hours for most projects. That way when I get a similar part, I can estimate pretty close how long it will take me to complete.

 

JM2C

[sir Camalot]

Thanks James! I can't believe I didn't think of that!That would make a great attachment. Thanks for the help

[Bullines]

If you have an Exchange Server, more possibilities open up with the Outlook solution.

[Anbu Lingappan - Moldplus SA]

Project Manager from Camaix - specifically designed to manage your Mastercam file projects. Check it out.

 

www.camaix.com

 

or specifically

 

http://www.camaix.com/English/Projektverwaltung/prjmanag.htm

 

Regards

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Camalot,

 

Another thing that Outlook can do for you, if you were to be a manager or supervisor. You as the manager/supervisor can assign tasks, set due dates, insert pictures, files, whatever may be pertinent to completing the job. Almost everybody has Outlook too so there no added cost which is a plus these days.

 

James

[Bullines]

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Another thing that Outlook can do for you, if you were to be a manager or supervisor. You as the manager/supervisor can assign tasks, set due dates, insert pictures, files, whatever may be pertinent to completing the job.

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Of course, if this information was to be shared, a Microsoft Exchange Server is required

[sir Camalot]

Man, you guys are the best! Thanks for all the help! I like the Camaix solution, but Outlook will be easy to send to anyone I need to. As for the server, rumor has it that we are upgrading soon. Life is too good!

[sir Camalot]

Just out of curiousity, who would I talk to about the price for Project manager? Or could someone tell me about how much I could expect to pay, hypothetically speaking of course.

[Anbu Lingappan - Moldplus SA]

For pricing for Camaix

 

CAMAIX USA

 

CAMAIX USA

Daniel Harris

1515 cliffwood place

Charlotte NC 28203

Phone: 1-704 342 9292

Fax: 1-704 342 9873

Email: [email protected]

Internet: http://www.camaix.com

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Your local Mastercam Reseller can get you the Project Manager info.

 

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Thanks for all the help!

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It's always nice to be appreciated, and you're welcome. Tell us what you end up doing and how well it works for you.

[yavuz]

I am from CAMAIX and I am using Outlook to do support for my Mastercam customers. I have currently 5 GByte of data collected in Outlook. After 2 GBytes file size, the Outlook pst file gets instable and I have to split the data in smaller packets. So 2 years ago, we have implemented a direct link from Outlook to the Project Manager for Mastercam. Whenever I get an support email with attachment, I can click on a Project Manager icon in Outlook and the email with attached files are transfered to my harddisk and a new project is created under Project Manager. This helped me archiving over 1000 different projects under different customer names.

 

This feature is not documented, if you are interested, I can provide info how to do that under [email protected]

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Wow. Yavuz, that seems pretty cool. The .pst file does tend to get pretty big. Archive often...