RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] JeffSwayze (and others)

Jeff - Before you put out money for the ProE go to
http://www.ptc.com/products/desktop/index.htm

and check out PTC free ProDesktop Express. It is a rewritten ProE without
the massive menu confusion of options of the parent. It does a tom of stuff,
right up a hobbiests alley, assemblies, detail drawings, and some kinematics
( motion design ) for free! Will export iges stl etc. files.

Andy Olney

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Alleven [mailto:alleven@...]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:38 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] JeffSwayze (and others)


Jeff, (and others)

as a user of both Pro-E and Vector, could you comment on the feasibility of
using Pro-E, combined with code generating software as a "home use" CAD -CAM
system? i understand that Pro-E is a complex and powerful program aimed at
industry, and Vector is a CAD-CAM package aimed at the home user (at least
that's what i gather). do you use Vector at home because it is easier and
faster on the less complicated parts? i'm asking because i have a feeling
that i will need to know Pro-E in the future (for work), and i'd rather keep
the number of software packages that i learn to a minimum. i see much
discussion of programs such as Vector, Dolphin, and Bobcad, but very little
about Pro-E. i know that Pro-E is expensive, but student versions can be
had for around $300.00, so i wonder why they're aren't more people using it.
i plan to buy the Pro-E so i can get started with it, but if the learning
curve is too steep, or if for some reason it doesn't work out well in the
home CNC environment, i will not hesitate to buy one of the other less
expensive CAD-CAM packages.

your comments are appreciated.

patrick


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