Egs bought the software from bridgeport in 1995 when it was known as ez featuremill to run the ez trak system they had on their manual mills. Solidworks 20 will launch as legacy software graphicspeak. Hsmworks is in denmark, autodesk will keep selling its software, and will add the. Cnc software continues to drag their feet and do nothing about the racism, hatred. Jan 31, 2012 featurecam and delcam for solidworks 2012. I still love modeling in vx but no lathe module, no wire edm module and the fact that solidworks is finally moving in the right direction is enough to get me to go back. Aug 25, 2007 the venerated old solidworks usenet newsgroup which was started in 1997 has been on a long downward slide. Solidworks 20 will launch as legacy software originally posted by randall, graphicspeak dassault systemes is committed to building a nextgeneration 3d design platform to replace solidworks.
Aug 05, 2011 unfortunately the legacy code software components used in products like solidworks, solid edge st, etc. Vx is not being developed and marketed like i feel it should be. By not acting sooner, dassault has caused themselves a ton of problems that arent going to go away anytime soon. There is plenty of talk going on about what people want and need from their design tools. Sep 14, 20 less manual geometry extraction saves time. Egs bought the software from bridgeport in 1995 when it was known as ez. The approach to ramming cloud software down a customers throat doesnt seem like it will work for many segements of the market and i think better alternatives are needed. The venerated old solidworks usenet newsgroup which was started in 1997 has been on a long downward slide. This allows them to plant seeds into the solidworks portfolio and if the code is good enough they will be able to port to inventor easy enough.
May 21, 2014 jon banquers outspoken views, and a penchant for scathing remarks, it would be easy to dismiss him as a hothead. Egs changed the name to featuremill and enhanced the software to what it is today. Siemens solid edge us fud marketing is a poor excuse for going after. Jon banquer solidworks is consuming every available minute of my learning time right now. The cad insider dassault and solidworks not talking. The reason nobody at at solidworks, onecnc, gibbscam, cnc software, etc. Other cam companies that i speak with are starting to realize they need their own cad and are doing something about it. Its pretty nice, but i doubt anybody in the shop will take the time to actually learn it. If geometric wants it to come down just ask and i will remove it. They make the software even easier for new users to learn and for casual operators to use. Somebody needs to fire this idiot and bring back dave thomson who started the emastercam forum. The founder of solidworks announced the news in an email to employees. What happens to the history based information when you export from swmc to legacy code. Solidworks the company got major flak from bloggers concerned that solidworks v6 the software would replace solidworks the software.
This was the first time i ever looked at it and i think ill stick with solidworks. In good times you upgrade and in slow times you keep using your older cadcam software. Jon banquer must have a doomsday bunker, he is so negative. Delcam is going to demonstrate its new cam system at solidworks world 2010. Im not a fanboi and i know how badly the cadcam business needs to change. In response to jon banquer comments regarding solidcam. The application continue reading another cam application. Were building fusion because for 25 years the industry has focused on parametric solid modelingbut geometry is only part of the solution. Camworks learning assembly mode tutorial jon banquer. Certified gold products are bestinclass, thirdparty software solutions within solidworks. Jon banquer is well known in the cadcam community for his daily presence on some of the most popular newsgroups. The catiaplm software is entirely scalable, and sw would make a welcome addition, if that was the stated purpose. In an email to solidworks employees, hirschtick said, this is a difficult decision for me, but one i am confident is right.
Jon banquer cadcam technology leaders group on linkedin. If the old guard resisted then dassault should have acted to remove them much sooner. Solidworks has no direct modeling tools and i find solid edge st much better because our shop mostly works with nonnative solids. Camworks 2014 makes it easier to create features youtube. Jon banquersolidworks is consuming every available minute of my learning time right now.
Unfortunately the legacy code software components used in products like solidworks, solid edge st, etc. Reality is solidworks owns the market and one of the reasons is because of so many cam choices that run inside of solidworks. Solidworks has been a go to software for me since 2001. In an email to solidworks employees, hirschtick said, this is a difficult decision for me. What you should knowexport from solidworks into mastercam.
Worse, tyler robinson then lies about what he does when posting on the independent mastercam forum and on the out house solutions emastercam forum he tries to control. Develop3d featurecam and delcam for solidworks 2012. Customers are expected to get new software with a new interface, different file types and more. Over the last weeks i have been watching a thread in the solidworks forum and thought we would set a few things straight. How gibbscam lost marketshare because of how they do. Those of us who speculate over the goings on in the cad world had long.
Siemens plm software has announced that solid edge st5 will be available soon. Jon banquer wrong again too old to reply pseudonymic 20070930. Were building fusion to be a comprehensive product development system. Im sure a lot of cad industry professionals do just that. In this, it joins the small but growing club of cam applications that run inside of the solidworks environment. This will be a separate and distinct product from the existing solidworks. Sadly, onshape has the same mentality for 3rd party applications that solidworks had when it was founded. Solidworks founder jon hirschtick, for the last 14 years a member of the executive board of dassault systemes, today announced his immediate resignation. Jon banquer aug 12, 2007 the program has changed so much in ten years that im still way behind where i need to be. Sure beats the fanboy nonsense ive grow so accustomed to seeing posted elsewhere. In order to open a configuration in a solidworks file it must be an active configuration.
Met with the arizona var for solidworks on thursday. Somebody needs to fire this idiot and bring back dave thomson who started the emastercam. What was missing from the series was a final chapter. So get over yourself and find a new hobby like software developement since you know so much. I can honestly see many solidworks users actually dumping solidworks for inventor if inventor truly had a major surfacing advantage over solidworks. I will be moving back to solidworks after many years of being away. Solidworks v6, a new technology in development by dassault systemes, is based on catia and enovia v6. Icons are the only major interface change for featurecam 2011. Anyway, my bosses ended up going with the camworks package, and ive been playing with it. This year, at solidworks world the show, dassault systemes solidworks as the company is now known didnt talk much about solidworks v6 the product, other than to say that theyd talk about it in 20. Although you can import an stl,obj or vrml file from the scanner to the other solidworks packages also or any other cad system that can handle these files many of the vars have purchased the scanner for demo purposes. I wrote about dick last june, in the article a resilient modeling strategy. The real solidworksthe cad program now used by about 1. Its the kind of quality reporting i have come to expect from you.
What its really like using mastercam x2 mr 2 jon, i erased this whole post because it was nothing but crap. I think solidworks v6 is an attempt to solve this problem. Ive lost track of all the broken promises cadcam companies have made over the many years ive been involved with cadcam. Its taken years for many cam users to realize that standalone cam is no longer able to keep up with many of the benefits of running inside something like solidworks. In addition, the parasolid kernel doesnt make full use of multicore processing. Jon hirschtick leaves dassault systemes solidworks. Go to performance, at the bottom there is a checkbox for use software gl or software open gl, can you check and uncheck this checkbox. Users of other delcam software, such as powershape or powermill, will gain the greatest benefit as many of the new icons have been duplicated from those programs. Dec 19, 2011 camworks learning assembly mode tutorial jon banquer.
I believe that the software is headed in the right direction with this new release. I know those that manage the blogosphere for cad companies who wince under banquers prolific and sharp criticism. Open mind is building their own cad despite running inside of both solidworks and autodesk inventor. Dec 26, 20 jon banquer cadcam technology leaders group on linkedin. Solidworks has developed their scan to 3d software to work with this scanner in their office premium. Ultimately, he sees virtually all machines being run by cam software, or at least. A solidworks committee ensures they can handle the designated tasks and have the resources to keep the solution synchronized when change occur to the solidworks data.
Solidworks 2007 looks to have addressed every issue i have had with solidworks for many years a. Design software has failed a large part of the market and will continue to fail a large part of. I fell in love with 3d modeling when i started using solidworks and for mechanical design i am more proficient with it than any other software. Shortly after solidworks world, i spoke with solidcams founder and ceo, emil. The failed promise of parametric cad, final chapter. What you should knowexport from solidworks into mastercam there is days you could wonder if cad sales people have practiced extra hard on keeping a straight inviting face when they claim that there cad software can import and export any of there competitors formats as if it was an extension of there body. What the media tweeted about solidworks mechanical conceptual. For 15 years he was a sales rep for solidworks solutions and a cswp.
Mastercam x9 should be available in the next few months. Pete is responsible for mastercam for solidworks which has sold so poorly that cnc software is now giving it away for free when you buy standalone mastercam x9. Cam software yearly maintenance is a lot cheaper as opposed to wifey maintenance. The reason for the evaluation is to find the best cam product that runs inside of solidworks for. If geometric wants it to come down just ask and i will remove. Gal raz on why dassault had to kill solidworks worldcad access. The resilient modeling strategy rms is the brainchild of richard dick gebhard. If it was surfcam wouldnt be able to bring in all the configuration like you want gibbs to do. Fusion 360 is working to help you design differently.
Another cam application joins the club solidworks legion. Jon banquers outspoken views, and a penchant for scathing remarks, it would be easy to dismiss him as a hothead. You have used the name mastercam user on cnczone the past few months and annoyed many of the sincere users there with your newbie questions and your peevish observations about the software. Solidworks founders start new company solidworks forums. When the configuration is inactive the solids data is not included in the solidworks file this isnt so. Is it too early to start requesting enhancements for visual cam 1.
Solidworks will offer a new cloud based product that uses the catia v6 kernel. Nov 18, 20 what was missing from the series was a final chapter. You export a file then open it in solidworks to start your detail design. In my opinion if solid chaining worked well in mastercam there would be no reason to have to. What the media tweeted about solidworks mechanical. In reality, its catia a different software for a different user base. How gibbscam lost marketshare because of how they do business. According to delcam, this new version of their software is called delcam for solidworks and it will be integrated within solidworks. In my opinion if more cadcam software programmers were actually machinists first we would have much better cadcam products and i doubt i would be debating the need for full graphical editing control over the toolpath.
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