#HSMWORKS MACHINING OPEN ENDED SLOT SOFTWARE#
One of the many effects this blog has had on CNC Software is that CNC Software employees are now permitted to take a much more honest and professional approach with Mastercam users who complain about Mastercam's serious problems on eMastercam. It's about time CNC Software started to clean up this mess. I'll be posting more specifics on Mastercam X8 in the next few days. This is just the start but at least the start has finally been made.Ĭount on CNC Software and Mastercam fanboi's never admitting just how right I've been all along. There is still a long way to go but X8 makes a good start at cleaning up the mess CNC Software has made of Mastercam. Mastercam X8 will make it very clear just how much of an effect this blog and my LinkedIn group.īottom line: I've been right for many years about what a mess Mastercam had become and X8 proves just how right I've been. They also claim that every existing solid function has been updated. There are major improvements to chaining, solids, the graphics display, etc.ĬNC Software is claiming that the Mastercam Solids user interface has been completely redone with a new workflow and live previews. Mastercam X8 should be the best release of Mastercam in many, many years from CNC Software. Think there is good reason so many accounts have been dropping and continue to drop maintenance for Mastercam? Should users of Mastercam have to pay for new features that when released are bug filled, badly incomplete, very poorly thought out, unstable and won't be fixed until the next point release at best and more likely many point releases in the future?
#HSMWORKS MACHINING OPEN ENDED SLOT UPDATE#
Update 4-23-2014: Is Mastercam A Well Developed Program That's Checked Properly Before Each New Release?Īre bugs promptly fixed on newly developed features with free service packs? No personal attacks of any kind will be permitted on CADCAM Technology Leaders group on LinkedIn I find xyz direct modeling tools to be much better because our shop mostly works with non-native solids." abc CADCAM has no real direct modeling tools because abc CADCAM only has a Replace Face tool for direct modeling and that adds a feature to the history tree. Xyz CADCAM has direct modeling tools that allow me to work quickly and easily on non-native solids. Here is an example of what I consider to be an acceptable, hard hitting comparison: Hard hitting, fact based, comparisons between different CADCAM products are acceptable and encouraged. Comments like "xyz CADCAM is the best!!!" or "abc CADCAM sucks!!!" will be deleted. ever.Ĭomments should explain in sufficient detail why the technology you are discussing is a leading edge technology.
That's not going to happen in this group to outspoken, knowledgeable, CADCAM users who posts facts. The censorship and banned occurred when I called CADCAM companies and their fanboi's out on specific issues. For years I experienced censorship and banning on paid advertising CADCAM forums, official CADCAM company run forums and on CADCAM fanboi blogs. This group is offered as an alternative to paid advertising based CADCAM discussion forums where the advertiser is always favored over users when push comes to shove. Here are the group rules I've established for CADCAM Technology Leaders group on LinkedIn: You won't find any CADCAM discussion group like it anywhere.
As of today it has almost 2,000 members and is very active. It's membership reads like a who's who of the CADCAM business. All my focus has now shifted to my CADCAM Technology Leaders group on LinkedIn. This blog is no longer going to be updated.