Hi I think Pro-E for $5K is only designer and will not generate any g-code. Pro-e Manufacturing is total different and only Pro-E manyfacturing generates g-code and it may cost around $15.K for Mill only. i may be wrong, need call to PTC directly
There are Pro-E Mechanical for model stresses analysis and it is another package. I think good alternative for Pro-E is Rhino and Rhino is best for 3D surface design. http://www.rhino3d.com/4/newfeatures.htm Price for Rhino about $900.0 but if you instructor you can buy commercial Rhino for only $250.00. Rhino has nurbe designer that none of other packages (Pro-e, Mastercam, CATIA) have. this what i use for CAM http://www.mecsoft.com/ All together was $1600.00 thanks Aram > > On Mar 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Mike Payson wrote: > >> Ries, >> >> Thanks for the recommendation. At $5k, Pro-E is pretty spendy for my >> needs, but it looks like they do offer a non-commercial version for >> $250. Might be worth considering. >> >> http://store.ptc.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ptc&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=107381300 >> >> Mike > > Mike, > > PRO is indeed a bit pricy, bit not more proxy then let's say SW. > If it's part of your daily job making parts that look the same. They > can be build using the same PRO model. > PRO will generate new g-code files without you as a user muddling with > creating the tool paths, > assigning the correct bits and what not, it's almost on the press of a > button... > > PRO-E can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but so far as a hobbiest I > have reasonable good experiences with it. > > Ries > > >> >> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Ries van Twisk <e...@rvt.dds.nl> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 21, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Mike Payson wrote: >>> >>>> None of these are Open Source, and non work natively with Linux, but >>>> since those requirements weren't mentioned in your question, only in >>>> the notes you linked to, I'll ignore them in my response. :-) >>>> >>>> Nobody seems to have mentioned CamBam. It has a bit of a learning >>>> curve, but it has a ton of power for it's price. >>>> http://www.cambam.info/ >>>> >>>> At work we use Visual Mill. It's very easy to use if you are coming >>>> from a solid model, so it works great with Alibre CAD (which is only >>>> $197) or another solid modeler (Rhino, Solidworks, Pro-E). You can >>>> also work from DXFs with it, but it loses many of it's benefits if >>>> you >>>> do. Visual Mill starts at $1k, but it does have a pretty good >>>> feature >>>> set for the price. http://www.mecsoft.com/ >>> >>> I tried cambam but found the free version very buggy, the non free >>> version seems to be >>> much more solid, I would properly buy it if it was not that there >>> sales website is down.. >>> >>> Pro/E has a build in g-code generator, compatible with EMS, or at >>> least for the 3 axis what I have been using so far. >>> It's extremely powerful and modifies the G-code even after the model >>> has been changed, parametric to the power!!! >>> It's does have some learning curve though, but you benefit from if if >>> you make the same part in different configurations (sizes or family >>> tables). >>> >>> >>> Ries > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
