Mastercam Release Dates

[gcode]

Does anyone know the year of release

for the major MC verisions 1 thru 9.???

In particular V3 and V4

[Scott Bond]

I beleave V3 was 1988.

When I get home , I can check my receipts.

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May be someone from CNC Software can tell us something about CNC Software and Mastercam history ,of it standing ,first successes .

It is a history now and will be great to know .

 

Teh curious

[Rekd™]

I'd like to know about the GE3 files. I know another cad/cam software that uses them, and am curious if they're related in any way.

 

'Rekd

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I know another cad/cam software that uses them

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Cadkey ?!?

[Rekd™]

"cad/cam", cam being the key word here..

 

No, not Cadkey.. it's called geopath and/or scadcam. Very doshish program, but very powerful and customizable posts.

 

'Rekd

[gcode]

I took Mastercam 5.0 at SaddleBack Community College in the mid 90's (maybe the early 90's)???

[iowajim62]

Hi Rekd,

 

Used Geopath for 5 yrs, it uses .ggf and .gtf extensions. .ggf being geometry file and .gtf being ur toolpath file. All cool on the posts and the tool libraries too.

[MACHINEMASTERG]

we first bought mcam here in late 1993 and v5 had just came out i remember v4.11 it was black and white with a page of question and answers then v5 looked like it does today...kinda

[Jayson Kramer]

I think you are right on the 5.0 and buy 94 we were at 5.5.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Paging Jack Summers..... Pete Rimkis ..... Mark Summers..... Brian Summers..... anyone???

[Allan Brown]

Pretty sure it's a been a 2 year release cycle from V6 to present.

 

e.g.

 

V6 - 1996

V7 - 1998

V8 - 2000

V9 - 2002

[Arlene]

December 1989 was 3.01 (286)

3.11 (the 386 version) was spring 1990

Man, have I been doing this that long? I've forgotten the dates inbetween.

[cadcam]

So How old does this make you then? Arlene

[Arlene]

26

[kccadcam]

I started in 1992 with v4.11

awwwww.... the good ol DOS days.

[CNCme]

Good Day,

 

26 now, or then ( in 1990 )

 

 

Tony G

Almost Employed Senior Programmer

N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire

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End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO"

And coolant and chips are like the enemy

Under your boots as you advance in the

Manufacturing Battle

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[CNCme]

Good Day,

 

That would make you 10...( kidding? )

 

My daughter is 12, she is using MC.

 

In her 7Th grade, they have a class called

Tech art, they are using somthing called

Auto-sketch. The MC is helping her alot.

 

 

Tony G

Almost Employed Senior Programmer

N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire

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End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO"

And coolant and chips are like the enemy

Under your boots as you advance in the

Manufacturing Battle

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[Arlene]

Applying math to sarcasm I see! Jay- I'll remember this...

 

are

[gcode]

Arlene,

You were selling TekSoft for a while back then too. ( we must have both been teenagers )

For a while it looked like TK was going to be the superior product but MC grew and TK didn't.

Are you still at work this late???

I'm doing my taxes and my V10 fund is dwindling

[Arlene]

Actually started with the brand named Mastercam called ClearCut - you remember those days Mr. Mattera? (who trained me) It's all his fault!

 

TekSoft was about '95 to '97, a mere bump in the road.

 

Ok off to Westec for a week or so...

[cadcam]

WHat are you going tonight or sunday night.

I will see you sunday night at the bup

Down stairs.

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

Arlene has been 26 since the day I met her in 1989 . She still is 26 (as long as she'll agree that I'm 26 also ). Welcome to the forum Arlene .

 

I think it was mid 1988 when I started with Mastercam (ClearCut). V2.1 had just been released.

 

The product life cycle is about 2 years/26 months. CNC Software/Mastercam has been around for 21 years and we're almost on V10.

 

Mike Mattera

[gcode]

I used to run a CAD/CAM system called Anicam.

Anicam 1.0 ran on a NEC with 2 8in floppy drives, no mouse and no harddrive. It had a 4 color 12" monitor which was a huge deal back then.

I think it had 64K of memory. Anicam 2.0 ran on an IBM AT and had a mouse and a 10 meg hard drive!

I've been told that Anicam was also the original Mastercam 1.0 It would be interesting to know the details on that.

I think a "History of Mastercam" or even a "History of CAD/CAM Software would made a cool addition to Mastercam's website !

[mold100]

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I think a "History of Mastercam" or even a "History of CAD/CAM Software would made a cool addition to Mastercam's website !

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+1 - I would like a lesson to.