The next issue of eI-DEAS is going to have information about the specific I-DEAS 8 enhancements. eI-DEAS is a email newsletter that offers I-DEAS users info about I-DEAS and tips on usage. You can subscribe or view the archives at: http://www.sdrc.com/nav/software-services/ideas/eideas/ .
The press release on I-DEAS 8, that includes a little info about Mold Design and CAM, is at: http://www.sdrc.com/news/announce/products/0313d.html I will forward a link to eI-DEAS when the next version publishes. Mark McCoy McCool Mike-EMM018 wrote: > Mark, > > How about some more information? Exactly what specific CAM enhancements are > included in the I-DEAS 8 release? > > Regards, > Mike McCool > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 8:56 AM > To: Albert Moreno > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] mfg-smartcam > > Mr. Moreno: > > The separate Camand products continue to be available but we offer product > bundles > that include I-DEAS capability that are more attractive from a price > perspective. > > Two release cycles ago SDRC made some bold decisions based on the market > input we > were receiving from our customers and VAR partners. Those customers and > VARs were > demanding functionality requirements that would be impossible to meet while > attempting to develop three separate products. Many of these expectations > were > based on environment capabilities that are inherit to the I-DEAS product > family. It > was also evident that the future would present a market that would expect > solids > based machining capabilities that were integrated and associated rather than > just > interfaced. It would also not be a wise financial business decision to > continue to > have these valuable and talented developers continue to enhance products > that > developed a relatively small revenue stream. This is why the development > staff that > created SmartCAM and Camand were reassigned to develop new functionality in > I-DEAS > Generative Machining. > > The progress this has made possible is evident in I-DEAS 8. I-DEAS 8 is the > first > release to benefit fully from the efforts of the reassigned developers since > during > the development of I-DEAS 7 SDRC also released four versions of Camand and > SmartCAM. I-DEAS 8 is set for first customer shipment next month and > includes more > specific CAM enhancement than any prior release of SDRC CAM functionality. > > Mark McCoy > Marketing Manager - CAM > SDRC > > Albert Moreno wrote: > > > > Dear Mr. McCoy > > > > > > Can I buy a seat of Camand Machinist or Multax without the purchase > of > > > additional SDRC software? > > > > > > Will SDRC ever admit that they should scrap GenMach and develop > > > Camand? I have read many ICCON messages and too many have stated > > > that GenMach 6 is virtually useless. I have comunicated with > > > individuals that own SmartCAM and GenMach and they have > scraped > > > GenMach and continue to use their FFM seats. > > > > > > The ex-Camand Var's and users have told me that SDRC has lost or forced > > > out all or almost all of the coders that developed Camand and corporate > > > pride or stupidity combined with the NIH (not invented here) > mentality has > > > crippled the development of GenMach. SDRC has attempted to develop > GenMach > > > for five or six years now and many users still believe that GenMach 7 > can > > > neither equal SmartCAM in ease of use or Camand Machnist or Multax in > > > functionality. > > > > > > SDRC continues to lose ground to UG Solutions and their CAD\CAM de- > > > velopments. They have converted their Parasolid Kernel from a single to > > > a multithreaded architecture Dec. 98; SDRC has yet to do so for > their > > > pro- prietary Solid Modeling Kernel! With V16, UG Solutions now has > a > > > NATIVE NT version of their entire suite of CAD\CAM Sep. 99; SDRC > has yet > > > to do so for I-DEAS, Master Series, or GenMach! UG Solutions > continiues > > > to develop their 5 axis CAM software Variable-Axis Milling; > SDRC has > > > ceased develop- ment of Multax and by all accounts has lost the > > > development team reponsible for Multax! > > > > > > I would reasemble the Point Control people that produced SmartCAM's > > > Advanced Turning Package and all of Camands developers for my dream > > > CAM package. > > > > > > My dream CAM Milling package would have SmartCAM's ease of use and > > > Camand's powerful cutting algorithms, multithreaded code for every CAM > > > operation that could benifit from this architecture, SDRC's NEW NT NA- > > > TIVE multithreaded proprietary Solid Modeling Kernel, the ability to > > > scale up to as many as sixteen processors, and have full Open > GL > > > complience. My dream Lathe package would use multithreaded code for > every > > > Lathe op- eration that could benifit from this architecture > and take > > > SmartCAM's power- ful Advanced Turning and ease of use and combine > it > > > with the best parts of Camand's Lathe pakage along with Camand's Multax, > and > > > SDRC's NEW NT NATIVE multithreaded proprietary Solid Modeling Kernel to > > > produce the world's best 9 axis Mill-Turn CAM program for machines > like > > > Mazak's Integrex MillTurn machines. > > > > > > Albert Moreno [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ====================================================================== > > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ====================================================================== > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
