Hi guys, Fred, how have you been. Just wanted to let you know that I am not the EdgeCAM dealer. We dropped the product after one year of fussing around with it. Never successfully used SmartEdge - probably just more of a communication issue with your old employer.
Are you interested in writing a VB translator for FeatureCAM to inherent SmartCAM information? Thanks John W. Kanney Automated Solutions, Inc. (540) 949-7703 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:23 AM Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] slow week > Michael, > > I wrote SmartEdge 3 years ago while working for Micro Engineering Solutions > (MES) and they retained the copyright. This utility is run from inside > SmartCAM and uses macros to extract data from the current SmartCAM file and > passes it on to a Visual Basic program. The VB program then processes the > data and generates an EdgeCam macro file that when run will build the > equivalent of the SmartCAM file within EdgeCam. You do need both SmartCAM > and EdgeCam in order to complete the file translation but they don't have to > be on the same PC. I did attempt to bring in all layer and tool path > geometry as well as all tooling information from the planner. The original > release has full support for 3 axis milling and 2 axis turning. I thought it > worked very well, so well that it was easier to state what it didn't > translate rather than what it did. > > Limitations of SmartEdge original release: > > 1. Does not support the Advanced Fabrication product. > > 2. Does not support the Advanced Wire EDM product. > > 3. No support for mill/turn lathe operations. > > 4. No support for synchronized multi-turret lathe operations. > > 5. Limited support for multi axis milling work. > > 6. Did not support all of SmartCAM's tool types but did assign an EdgeCam > compatible tool, i.e. use a drill instead of a center drill. > > 7. Did not support all of SmartCAM's element types but did assign an EdgeCam > compatible type, i.e. builds a 3D spline to represent a helix. > > 8. Cannot automatically transfer surfaces from SmartCAM. This was the > biggest obstacle I encountered. It is a bug in SmartCAM in that the macro > command to export doesn't work. (It will export fine while you record it, > the command is present in the macro file and the syntax is correct, it just > doesn't work.) This requires you to manually export the surfaces from > SmartCAM and merge them into the EdgeCam file. > > I wrote SmartEdge for SmartCAM v11.x and EdgeCam v3.1. I wrote the framework > for 4 and 5 axis milling applications and multi-turret lathe but did not > have time to finish all the details. I have heard that some of this has > since been updated but do not know the current status. I do know the code > has been updated to support newer versions of EdgeCam, but I don't know what > the current revision is. I also don't know what features have been added to > support some of the original limitations previously listed. MES no longer > exists as a company. You may want to find out who currently supports > SmartEdge. I'm curious, who is your EdgeCam rep? > > ============================================= > Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator > High Steel Structures, Incorporated > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com > ============================================= > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Senack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:57 PM > To: 'Pete Ruehle'; 'SmartCam Forum' > Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] slow week > > > Okay here is one for the forum. > > A sales person from EdgeCAM stopped in for > a short get to know us visit. > > At this visit he gave a general over view > of his cam package. > > The thing that caught my eye in a big way is > an add on module call "SmartEDGE". > What this module is "suppose" to do is take > any V11.x SmartCAM .pm4 file and read it directly > into an EdgeCAM. Once in EdgeCAM it is a 100% > useable file with all tool paths in tack and > ready for post processing. > No touchy anything, just read and go. > Theoretically speaking, all our SmartCAM > .pm4, .sh3 and .sh2 files "could" be > salvageable! > > Has anyone out there heard of this product? > If so, any feed back is welcome. > > The sales person is coming in, in the next > week or so to do a full dog and pony show > of EdgeCAM from Pathtrace. > I'll be sure to have a few files on a diskette > for him to try out this SmartEDGE. > > Regards, > Michael Senack. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Ruehle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:21 PM > To: 'SmartCam Forum' > Subject: [mfg-smartcam] slow week > > > I think we may have hit an all time low on the forum for fewest posts in one > week. Or have I been asleep? 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