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    New shop considering NX Cam.

    Great to hear and well said. Non-NX users like to say that NX has a steep learning curve, and that was somewhat true in the past. Nowadays that's definitely not true. There has been a lot of development and refinement over the years, not to mention cad cam now varies wildly and it's quite...
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    New shop considering NX Cam.

    Depends on the site. We used NX Studio Modeling, Sychronous and Advanced Assemblies a lot. Even NX's plain jane free form modeling blows away SWX. We modeled parts that I would struggle with in SWX. We had a huge customer supplying STL models and we could manipulate them extensively; not to...
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    New shop considering NX Cam.

    CTFL, If you end up going with NX, be sure to investigate the Siemens forums as well here at PM. There you will find a wealth of knowledge for all the really deep, "under the hood" topics. I've heard The Realize Live conferences can be a great place to connect with other companies and...
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    New shop considering NX Cam.

    Yep. I thought that someone mentioned SW in the same sentence; might be mistaken.
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    Most user friendly CAM system?

    NX ported to linux a long time ago. I think it's still supported and there should be linux install files in the download area, I just haven't paid attention to it. Not sure which distros are supported. Another natural unix port was mac-os believe it or not. Not a huge potential base lol but...
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    New shop considering NX Cam.

    CTFL, looks like you all touched on the cad aspects a bit. Unless your guys are frequently modeling parts, you won't need a lot of cad seats so I would encourage you to compare cam to cam prices; you'll probably be surprised. I seem to recall either Siemens or Saratech mentioned NX uses...
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    Most user friendly CAM system?

    Let's not forget the DEC Alpha chips; there was so much good hardware those days. Now it's all commodity stuff, you can buy the same hardware almost anywhere. At my old company, when we were still on HP-UX boxes, a friend made the move into aerospace before me and was doing contract work at...
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    Most user friendly CAM system?

    SGI had some really great CISC hardware for sure! For a long time it was the only only hardware movie studios used until PC's ascended from glorified calculator status. When I was starting out we had a demo of CAMAX before SDRC snatched them up and I want to say they were running CAMAX on SGI...
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    Most user friendly CAM system?

    Most likely of interest only to NX people...UGS used whatever good code from I-DEAS they wanted, were going to merge their users into UG and call NX and were planning to kill it off but never did. I never heard officially why they didn't stay the course. I asked John Baker once or twice but he...
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    You do you, man. Peace.
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    I beg to differ, you are putting virtually everything in a box and to you no other scenario exists. So many factors to consider here. I consulted for had three vmc's and a sinker edm in his garage. He manufactured a mix of prototype parts and molds and was able to keep all four machines going...
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    I hear you man. So many different scenarios and there is no shortage arm chair critics lol.
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    I am talking about drastically less overhead while maintaining an obscene profit margin. I love it.
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    You are certainly entitled to your opinion but logic and reason dictate maximizing potential for success applies to virtually everything. Not a mistake, nor a contradiction lol. Every business strives for success, through careful growth and making profits. Every successful company has a deep...
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    Everyone should maximize; we're all here to make money, right? Size is what I really like about garage shops, they give small shops absolute fits because they have the ability to underbid virtually every part that 's in their wheel house because their overhead is a fraction of small shop. Rinse...
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    Why oh why does Mastercam have to be so damned complicated.

    Sure. If a new release does not offer much we can use or need then perhaps sit back and watch the drama unfold at other shops. Or consider switching to a software that does not release a deal-breaker bug every other version so shops can actually move forward and use the next version with...
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    Most user friendly CAM system?

    This is a difficult question to answer since most likely nobody in any forum will have significant seat time with a plethora of software at the same time. Market share is not a good metric at all. Spotty support isn't necessarily a deal breaker if the software is stellar and the vast majority of...
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    Mastercam forcing me to buy more maintenance to fix essential features. What do you guys think of this?

    Honestly y'all, so many people complain and bitch about whatever software they use, do little to nothing about it then turn around and defend it. Rinse and repeat lol. I suppose most users are locked in, probably financially and by management. No it is not normal, nor acceptable, for software...
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    Haas UMC350 Not being marketed now.

    Sounds like General Motors ideology to me lol.
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    Solidworks part templates not working right?

    That is odd. I was told by an instructor that novice view and advanced view used the same templates but perhaps it was bad info or something else is affecting it. Make sure in System Options - Default Templates the radio button for "Always use these default document templates" is selected then...

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