Parametric is wonderful....

My point exactly.

Well.... Consider it a form of programming QA/Insurance. You get what you pay for. Jus' sayin'

"It's like playing a video game all a day" Enough said....

Aint that the truth... He didn't so much call the shots, but scream the shots. *hucks rocks at him* LOL Good to hear from you Colin

Totally agree. Their turning cycles had quite a lot more capability over Fanuc canned cycles in the early mid nineties, and I believe continue to do so. Their IGF onboard programming produces code bloat, and has some limitations that only CAM (or CAD for coordinates) can solve, but like you, I know several shops that use it over CAM.

Yeah, but try installing Windows 95 on a 2024 computer.

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That is a how a good or great reseller should respond. Kudos! I've heard nothing but good things about CCC. I did something similar for one of my customers. They were going to have an outage for anywhere from two days to five days. I generated them one month loaded licenses (five in total) so they could work from home, or anywhere. I've been at the business end of crap service, so I know what is expected

It is unfamiliar territory for me to be opening the Buffalo Trace at that time. Normal for you of course

I've just read through this whole thread. Now I need a drink, and it is 8:40am LOL

I had a customer mention this to me some time last year. He had drunk the Kool Aid, and he kept telling me that a) It was a cost effective option, as he could use Fusion 360 combined with it, rather than spending money on TopSolid. b) He could hire new graduates out of University and pay them cheap rates, or even have his son come in after school and do programming for the company. I did insinuate that using those strategies wouldn't work so well, in my opinion. Now, almost twelve months later, he is advertising for skilled programmers, and he's ditched Fusion. The kool aid jar was empty

Cimco also provide NC Code simulation, although it is considerably limited compared to Vericut. Another product I recently witnessed is Eureka, an Italian CNC Simulation/Verification product. I dont know a whole lot about it.

This kind of thing happens in pretty much all CAM software. It isn't isolated to Mastercam, and Crazy^Millman explained it on the nail.

Okuma... Yes, I was quite surprised when the technician said it couldn't be done. Dont get me wrong, I am a big fan of Okuma (especially the controls), but that really was a surprise.