Productivity group was bought out by Preditor software, so the Runnel's are no longer in business. I believe they are in Portland now, but not sure. Also, there is a place in California that sells upgrades. and thanks for all the opinions and ideas. Jon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Senack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Bob Looney'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jon Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; " Michael Senack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "SmartCam Tech (E-mail) " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > Truer words have never been spoken...by the way, where are you going with > your 1 grand for the upgarde. I had found a web site, through this user > group that still sold SmartCAM packages. However, when I go there it is no > longer there. > > The web site was called Productivity Group at > http://www.productivitygroup.com > And the contact was a Stacy Runnells at +1 (888) 297-1435 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Looney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:42 PM > To: Jon Baker; Michael Senack; SmartCam Tech (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > > spend the 1 grand, it's the same GUI you're used to, works > and feels the same, and you have FREE tech support right here in this forum. > ps: you can't buy, implement, and tweak a new app for > $1,000. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:00 PM > To: Michael Senack; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SmartCam Tech > (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > > > OK, so we are, in a round about way, discussing, (dissing) > other CAM > products. I use SC freeform, v11.5 and it works great for > me. I also have > an old seat of SC production Turn, V6.0, DOS. For the > little I use it, it > is ok, HOWEVER, it is DOS based, which puts a damper on > networking, printer > sharing, file name size, video cards, etc etc etc. > SOOOOOO......... > Do I pony up the $1000 to upgrade to prod turn 11.5, or is > there some other > simple 2 axis turning program that will function easily that > won't cost as > much, but is windows based. Any suggestions guys???? > Jon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Senack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "SmartCam Tech (E-mail) " > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:23 AM > Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > > > > Lets see the demo guy said I would need the following... > > 1) 1 week of intro to Pro/E > > 2) go off and experiement for 8 to 12 weeks on my own > > 3) 1 week of Pro/Manufacture > > 4) 1 week of post processor ( optional if you decide to > buy your post > > processors at $1000 a pop per machine plus any tweaking is > extra cost per > > hour ) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob Looney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:34 PM > > To: SmartCam Tech (E-mail) > > Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > > > > tell him you want to join the user list before you put > your > > money down. had > > we joined and learned what the users thought of Visual > Mfg. > > (accounting, job > > cost, etc.) we probably would not have bought that piece > of > > crap. > > bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Schoeppe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 5:00 PM > > To: Michael Senack; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > > > > > > PRO-I is no cake walk to learn but in 3 or 4 years you can > > make it do some > > pretty awesome stuff! > > > > thanks bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Michael Senack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:32 AM > > Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Pro/Manufacture > > > > > > > Okay fellow SmartCAM users I finally got a demo of PM > > ( Pro/Manufacture )on > > > a real milling part that we make here. The demo was > good, > > and the demo guy > > > did not put on a dog and pony show. A lot of my > questions > > were answered > > > satisfactorily and get this, the questions that he > could > > not answer he > > > said, "I don't know if PM can do that but I can look > into > > that for you." > > > > > > The demo guy mentioned that there is a Pro/E and > > Pro/Manufacture user > > group > > > to post questions. So that in itself is a bonus based on > > my SmartCAM user > > > group postings. > > > > > > So with that in mind, what I would like to get is some > > input from anybody > > > whom has had an encounter with PM. Stuff like... How is > > their technical > > > support? How long is the learning curve to become > > efficient enough in PM > > to > > > say it's time to plug the on SmartCAM? 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