My past experience with the general quality of the staffing at the big hardware stores (that will remain nameless) - except for maybe McLendons :-) - the interface would have to be pretty brain dead. Then, behind the scenes the interface would hand off the pre packaged GCode modules to EMC.
A decent interface wouldn't be TOO difficult to write, and I think (as someone already said) the real challenge would be identifying exactly what the customer needs. I think the 3D scanner could be a good possibility. Automation is cool.. but it'll never replace an intelligent customer service person. Michael On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 10:39 -0800, R.L. Wurdack wrote: >> One interesting thing about plumbing fittings is their incredible >> variety. >> Just identifying them can be a headache. >> >> Dick > > That's were the software could play a big role. There could be a > laptop > set up walk the customer through the selection process, then build an > order, indicate if the part is on the self or send a g-code file to > the > machine to build it. The finished part could be laser engraved with > the > part number for pricing. Maybe a 3D scanner could be used to scan an > item that the new part will mate with to determine thread pitch, size > and type of connection. Although, an experienced sales person could > probably do the same thing. > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast > and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
