A few of years ago I was on team to choose the CAD/CAM software we were going to commit to for the future. Engineering chose ProE and put a lot of pressure on Manufacturing to chose ProM. We looked real hard at ProM and it was just not up to the job so we stayed with SmartCAM, NCL and DP Esprit for the NC programming. Last I looked at ProM it is still not flexible or easy enough to use to impress me.
One thing I do know for a fact, if ProE is not implemented correctly it can be very troublesome. For example, we use a lot of macros to program our parts and we have tried in vain to rely on IGES files but, because we have implemented ProE without any apparent standards, it has been a nightmare. ProE has been great for what it does on the engineering side of the house but down stream it has created a lot of extra work. This especially true if you are going to use ProM for NC Programming. If the design was not created with manufacturing in mind, you will probably have to re-create the design in ProE before you can program it in ProM If you can not commit to appropriate, structured implementation, expect problems. David S, Hayden ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
