Been training for the past week. What a large amount of information to
try and absorb. Got the training manuals, tutorial disks, etc., etc. Got
a temp license to install on my computer at home, did it last night, and
I must have jacked something, as none of the Camworks features are
active. Damn, wanted to play this weekend, now have to wait until Monday
to talk with the trainer and try to get it fixed. I don't want to stay
at work on my own time to practice. After another week or two will I be
an expert?
How long before you figure out how limited SolidWorks is when you have
to work with someone else=92s design and modify it without blowing away
the models history?
How long before you figure out how limited SolidWorks is when you have
to work with non-native data?
How long before you realize how much of a huge advantage using Solid
Edge with Synchronous Technology is compared to using the tools
presently in SolidWorks for the above?
Don't read my blog or watch any of the links to videos I posted there.
No one likes to see a grown man cry hysterically. ;>)
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
Fortunately, my customers have properly established PLM protocols,
that don't involve calling their machining suppliers and asking them
to free-form hack and whack their solid models.
How long before you figure out how limited SolidWorks is when you have
to work with someone else=92s design and modify it without blowing away
the models history?
How long before you figure out how limited SolidWorks is when you have
to work with non-native data?
How long before you realize how much of a huge advantage using Solid
Edge with Synchronous Technology is compared to using the tools
presently in SolidWorks for the above?
Don't read my blog or watch any of the links to videos I posted there.
No one likes to see a grown man cry hysterically. ;>)
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
O boy, you REALLY helped him with that dissertation !!!
How about offering a solution to his prob there Jonnie?
Besides, if I were to send you a model to make a part from, the LAST
thing I would want is for you to modify it from it's original design.
How much seat time do you have on Solid Edge?
Got those machines on order yet?
Yup, just like a train wreck, you know you shouldn't look, but,,,,,,,
"D"
How long before you figure out how limited SolidWorks is when you have
to work with someone else=92s design and modify it without blowing away
the models history?
How long before you figure out how limited SolidWorks is when you have
to work with non-native data?
How long before you realize how much of a huge advantage using Solid
Edge with Synchronous Technology is compared to using the tools
presently in SolidWorks for the above?
Don't read my blog or watch any of the links to videos I posted there.
No one likes to see a grown man cry hysterically. ;>)
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
Don't have to worry about that. I'm not responsible for the model or
it's history. All I have to do is program and machine the features on it.
???? Native to what? All the models I get are SolidWorks models. You
don't send a Ford to a Chevy garage to get it worked on.
Don't know, don't care. My boss pays me to use what software they buy. I
doubt I will be using SolidWorks very much, mostly CamWorks, as the
models I will be getting are already built & verified, by VERY
experienced SolidWorks users. If I myself had to pay for the software,
MAYBE I would pick something different.
I prefer to learn by experts, and the CamWorks people themselves, not by
unqualified instructors.
I don't cry. The last time I cried was in 2002, when my mother passed
away. I was her caretaker after she had a stroke, and she passed away in
my arms after her second one, before the ambulance arrived. Got a
smart-ass comment for that?
So all the models you get are ready to machine and your SolidWorks
people know exactly what to provide you with so the part / assembly is
ready to machine. LOL.
You shop never does any outside work? How do you keep a long time Ford
customer happy when he wants you to work on his new Chevy? You tell
your long time customer tough shit, right?
That's pretty much the attitude of most engineers who get paid to
constantly remodel parts because SolidWorks doesn't have the tools to
figure out what someone else=92s design intent is in an efficient
manner... unless you feel a low level tool like a roll back bar is
just fine or that feature recognition is a fast and efficient tool.
This is exactly what an ignorant moron like Tom Brewer has claimed for
months now.... that a roll back bar is just fine. Funny how many
others don't agree with the ignorant moron. Kind of a bitch when you
have a hundred features in the tree and the feature you need to modify
near the bottom of the tree has relations to a feature near the top of
the tree.... but hey long rebuild times and parts that won't rebuild
are great if you love to get paid to do nothing while the model your
working on tries to rebuild. When you get a clue and some real world
hands on experience you might want to hit the video links on my blog.
Make sure you have plenty of Kleenex at hand.
How do you use CAMWorks without using SolidWorks?
Tom Brewer considers himself a SolidWorks expert. Perhaps you can
learn to make as many mistakes as Tom Brewer does and never learn from
your mistakes.
What happens when you finally figure out that the Teksoft people
aren't the experts you think they are and that automatic feature
recognition is often not a great tool to use in many real world
situations? Got any smart assed newbie answers for that? Not to worry
you will be a Tom Brewer SolidWorks Expert in no time. There are
plenty of those kind of SolidWorks experts and they all are full of
shit.
BTW, where is Teksoft located? Where did I live before I moved to San
Diego, CA? How long did I live there? Think I might know something
about Teksoft's reputation in the Phoenix, Arizona area? Here's a
clue.... it's not a good reputation.
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
More importantly, what kinds of Solidworks models are YOU getting that
*aren't* ready to machine? What changes did you supposedly need to
make for them to be "ready to machine"??
WOW!!! Jon Banquer telling somebody they need to get some hands on
experience? Let's see here Jon, of all the topics on your blog, which
ones do you actually have hands on experience with? What percentage of
those press releases were written by you, from your extensive hands on
experience?
"For 2 1/2 axis work CAMWorks is more than decent. It's a phenomenal
package and it's fully associative." - Jon Banquer
"CAMWorks is, however, a superb package for 2 1/2 axis work and a
market leader, thanks to GSSL's automatic and interactive
feature recognition. Despite many CAM packages claims at feature
recognition, I have not seen anything come close to GSSL's CAMWorks
stuff and this includes Jerry Robertson's CIMPLEX stuff that I first
saw being tested at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut." -
Jon Banquer
So all the models you get are ready to machine and your SolidWorks
people know exactly what to provide you with so the part / assembly is
ready to machine. LOL.
You shop never does any outside work? How do you keep a long time Ford
customer happy when he wants you to work on his new Chevy? You tell
your long time customer tough shit, right?
That's pretty much the attitude of most engineers who get paid to
constantly remodel parts because SolidWorks doesn't have the tools to
figure out what someone else=92s design intent is in an efficient
manner... unless you feel a low level tool like a roll back bar is
just fine or that feature recognition is a fast and efficient tool.
This is exactly what an ignorant moron like Tom Brewer has claimed for
months now.... that a roll back bar is just fine. Funny how many
others don't agree with the ignorant moron. Kind of a bitch when you
have a hundred features in the tree and the feature you need to modify
near the bottom of the tree has relations to a feature near the top of
the tree.... but hey long rebuild times and parts that won't rebuild
are great if you love to get paid to do nothing while the model your
working on tries to rebuild. When you get a clue and some real world
hands on experience you might want to hit the video links on my blog.
Make sure you have plenty of Kleenex at hand.
How do you use CAMWorks without using SolidWorks?
Tom Brewer considers himself a SolidWorks expert. Perhaps you can
learn to make as many mistakes as Tom Brewer does and never learn from
your mistakes.
What happens when you finally figure out that the Teksoft people
aren't the experts you think they are and that automatic feature
recognition is often not a great tool to use in many real world
situations? Got any smart assed newbie answers for that? Not to worry
you will be a Tom Brewer SolidWorks Expert in no time. There are
plenty of those kind of SolidWorks experts and they all are full of
shit.
BTW, where is Teksoft located? Where did I live before I moved to San
Diego, CA? How long did I live there? Think I might know something
about Teksoft's reputation in the Phoenix, Arizona area? Here's a
clue.... it's not a good reputation.
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
Damn Jon, it's getting awfully hard to keep your uninformed press
release regurgitations in line, isn't it?
"Teksoft: CAMWorks: Bruce W. is a great person to deal with. One of
the best." - Jon Banquer
"For 2 1/2 axis work CAMWorks is more than decent. It's a phenomenal
package and it's fully associative." - Jon Banquer
"CAMWorks is, however, a superb package for 2 1/2 axis work and a
market leader, thanks to GSSL's automatic and interactive feature
recognition. Despite many CAM packages claims at feature recognition,
I have not seen anything come close to GSSL's CAMWorks stuff and this
includes Jerry Robertson's CIMPLEX stuff that I first saw being tested
at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut." - Jon Banquer
So all the models you get are ready to machine and your SolidWorks
people know exactly what to provide you with so the part / assembly is
ready to machine. LOL.
You shop never does any outside work? How do you keep a long time Ford
customer happy when he wants you to work on his new Chevy? You tell
your long time customer tough shit, right?
That's pretty much the attitude of most engineers who get paid to
constantly remodel parts because SolidWorks doesn't have the tools to
figure out what someone else=92s design intent is in an efficient
manner... unless you feel a low level tool like a roll back bar is
just fine or that feature recognition is a fast and efficient tool.
This is exactly what an ignorant moron like Tom Brewer has claimed for
months now.... that a roll back bar is just fine. Funny how many
others don't agree with the ignorant moron. Kind of a bitch when you
have a hundred features in the tree and the feature you need to modify
near the bottom of the tree has relations to a feature near the top of
the tree.... but hey long rebuild times and parts that won't rebuild
are great if you love to get paid to do nothing while the model your
working on tries to rebuild. When you get a clue and some real world
hands on experience you might want to hit the video links on my blog.
Make sure you have plenty of Kleenex at hand.
How do you use CAMWorks without using SolidWorks?
Tom Brewer considers himself a SolidWorks expert. Perhaps you can
learn to make as many mistakes as Tom Brewer does and never learn from
your mistakes.
What happens when you finally figure out that the Teksoft people
aren't the experts you think they are and that automatic feature
recognition is often not a great tool to use in many real world
situations? Got any smart assed newbie answers for that? Not to worry
you will be a Tom Brewer SolidWorks Expert in no time. There are
plenty of those kind of SolidWorks experts and they all are full of
shit.
BTW, where is Teksoft located? Where did I live before I moved to San
Diego, CA? How long did I live there? Think I might know something
about Teksoft's reputation in the Phoenix, Arizona area? Here's a
clue.... it's not a good reputation.
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
Jon,
[
I've been away from SolidWorks for almost ten years.
]- Jon Banquer - Aug 2007
Have you finished your SolidProfessor, SolidWorks Videos yet?
[
I just spent $600 for the SolidProfessor Professional Bundle
SolidProfessor pretty much adheres to a 100 percent hands on tutorial
approach. So far I'm very happy with the SolidProfessor video
tutorials and feel it's money well spent.
] - Jon Banquer - June 25, 2007
How are you coming along with the myigetit videos?
[
From what I've seen of the free myigetit videos they
do as well. I hope to finish the SolidProfessor videos I just
purchased ( $600 Professional Package) in the next 2 weeks. When I do,
I'll spend the $25 for the myigetit SolidWorks 2007 course
]-Jon Banquer-
Tom
So all the models you get are ready to machine and your SolidWorks
people know exactly what to provide you with so the part / assembly is
ready to machine. LOL.
You shop never does any outside work? How do you keep a long time Ford
customer happy when he wants you to work on his new Chevy? You tell
your long time customer tough shit, right?
That's pretty much the attitude of most engineers who get paid to
constantly remodel parts because SolidWorks doesn't have the tools to
figure out what someone else=92s design intent is in an efficient
manner... unless you feel a low level tool like a roll back bar is
just fine or that feature recognition is a fast and efficient tool.
This is exactly what an ignorant moron like Tom Brewer has claimed for
months now.... that a roll back bar is just fine. Funny how many
others don't agree with the ignorant moron. Kind of a bitch when you
have a hundred features in the tree and the feature you need to modify
near the bottom of the tree has relations to a feature near the top of
the tree.... but hey long rebuild times and parts that won't rebuild
are great if you love to get paid to do nothing while the model your
working on tries to rebuild. When you get a clue and some real world
hands on experience you might want to hit the video links on my blog.
Make sure you have plenty of Kleenex at hand.
How do you use CAMWorks without using SolidWorks?
Tom Brewer considers himself a SolidWorks expert. Perhaps you can
learn to make as many mistakes as Tom Brewer does and never learn from
your mistakes.
What happens when you finally figure out that the Teksoft people
aren't the experts you think they are and that automatic feature
recognition is often not a great tool to use in many real world
situations? Got any smart assed newbie answers for that? Not to worry
you will be a Tom Brewer SolidWorks Expert in no time. There are
plenty of those kind of SolidWorks experts and they all are full of
shit.
BTW, where is Teksoft located? Where did I live before I moved to San
Diego, CA? How long did I live there? Think I might know something
about Teksoft's reputation in the Phoenix, Arizona area? Here's a
clue.... it's not a good reputation.
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
Yes. I figure out how to hold the part, inform tooling what I need, they
build the fixture. I program the machining, done deal.
We don't need any more outside work. We have enough work as it is. We
have a wide customer base, so all our eggs aren't in one basket. You got
enough money, maybe our engineers will model a non-SolidWorks part for
you, so we can machine it. Right now, we are generating about $80 to $90
per man-hour worked, and we are open all three shifts, seven days a week.
How many times do I have to iterate that I don't model parts?
Simple. Fire up SolidWorks, Camworks is integrated in. Call up the model
and start processing the machining.
If he makes as many mistakes as you claim, it seems like he would be
unemployed by now. Obviously that's not the case.
Sure do. I don't depend on AFR. It's just a tool to make my job easier.
Not to worry
Who cares?
Where did I live before I moved to San
Who cares?
How long did I live there?
Who cares?
Think I might know something
No. I doubt very much that you have personal experience with EVERY shop
in that area using Teksoft's software to qualify your statement of their
reputation.
Here's a
Who cares? Hookers don't have very good reputations either, but they
provide a service that keeps most of their customers satisfied. If the
customer is happy, it doesn't matter what others think of the service
provider. (BTW, I will not pay for any beverage soaked keyboards for
that last remark. )
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