MRS. or who it concerns, This is very good news. In time's of all product's advancing ie; CAD/CAM packages it is nice to see someone stepping in and taking over a proven product (SmartCAM) that has been mainly kept going by the people that use it. If it wasn't for this user group I probably would have given up on SC a long time ago. I sent an e-mail out a while back asking the group what a good alternative would be to SC to be more compatible with newer CAD software where were using solid's and such. Although I would never get rid of SC I got answer's like Master Cam, Esprit, etc. and we finally semi decided on Esprit, but to date we have not yet bought any other software for programming but we are looking to do something in the very near future. I would be more than happy and thrilled to stay with SC if it were brought to a modern operating system to keep up with the current market. We have just over 7000 working files going and that does not include programs for making tooling and misc. program's. I would be more than happy to give any help, Idea's, or comment's as I am sure the group would also to make this happen. I think many thanks should go out to this SC group of people for all there effort's and for nothing being asked for in return, but to help your fellow programmer out. My hope's are high that this all work's out and that we can get an up to date SmartCam going again. Long Live SmartCam.
Jeremy Jeremy Noland CNC Programmer / Prototype 20522 Builders Street Bend, Oregon 97701 (541)330-2149 >>> "John Gent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/16/2003 1:07:49 PM >>> Hello all, Yes, it's true. SmartCAM rises from the dark! We have some systems in place, but your responses will dictate what we do next. Certainly among the list toppers will be to rebuild to the new operating systems and clear up the annoyances that have cropped up since 1998. The development and support structure is mostly in place, but again, it's direction will be influenced by your reaction. We think that fixing low risk bugs will be a good plan for early releases, and fit in as a by product of longer range development. We are also taking over licensing (we're taking it all over, soon). Please keep in mind that EDS has been able to do this in the past, gratis, due to their size, staff and bankroll. We do not have this luxury so there will be administrative cost involved. It will be nominal, and based on your preferred method of transaction - electronically being the least expensive. I am extremely excited about this opportunity, and can't wait to get this rolling. Michael said once that he'll "drive her until the wheels fall off". We have new tires for that hot rod! John Gent ====================================================================== 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] ======================================================================
