MC 2026R2

[neurosis]

This is probably the biggest thing that will drag on its success IMHO.

The boss here has complained about maintenance before, and yet he still pays for it. It may not be as big of a hindrance as we think?  It's hard to say.

[Zoffen]

I'm off maintenence at the end of the year and I'm still on 2025. I don't see myself even looking at these paths because of the connect issue. If topsolid cannot do what I want in the full 5ax world I will probably bring on hypermill to fill the gap. I guess this will be an end of an era for me, I have been using mastercam since 2010.

[Zoffen]

The boss here has complained about maintenance before, and yet he still pays for it. It may not be as big of a hindrance as we think?  It's hard to say.

It's the devil you know mentality with CAD/$CAM....

[Here's Johnny!]

The boss here has complained about maintenance before, and yet he still pays for it. It may not be as big of a hindrance as we think?  It's hard to say.

First thing is when looking at costs is value for service. Are you getting timely information? Are you getting timely help when needed? Is the product performing well (in general)?

Second thing is does the cost fit into the business model (do you have enough sales to warrant the investment each year vs status quo)?

Predicting the future in business is tough....

[neurosis]

It's the devil you know mentality with CAD/$CAM....

Another way to look at it - when maintenance costs are too high with one, dropping it for a few years helps pay for a transition in to another.  cough TopSolid cough.   

[Zoffen]

Another way to look at it - when maintenance costs are too high with one, dropping it for a few years helps pay for a transition in to another.  cough TopSolid cough.   

If only topsolid knew how to sell their software they would aniahlate almost everyone...

[Newbeeee™]

so it makes more sense for some toolpaths to target before others, but it's fair to say that we want to ensure that the UI is standardized around this when we introduce or rework toolpaths down the line.


Amazing that the ghost of JB haunts me 15 (20? oh gosh) years after I first had to ignore him as a green engineer on Solid Edge forums.

Two things.
#1 the hard-flushing turd who shall not be named, will always be a legend (in his own lunchtime!) and quite rightly many points of much amusement

#2 if i can offer advice, FWIW, if you are now flat out on this new interface, with toolpath re-writes for integration etc, keep going full gas until it's finished.
Historically, Mcam has released new features (view sheets, control/mach Defs, tool librarys, new verify, ribbon interface :cough: etc) and as soon as they are released, full ("finished") integration is scaled back down as (I guess) the dev-teams are directed by sales to launch next release new latest shiny features to grab more sales.
IMHO this previous policy has done no favours to the product at all example being if you don't finish it, you'll now have 3 toolpath interfaces - everpath, X, historic

[gcode]

and BIG shoutout to Joanie Bonkers for pushing them for graphical toolpath editing

is he even alive to see his vision come to fruition?

"falling" down the stairs at Westec had to take a toll

[Newbeeee™]

is he even alive to see his vision come to fruition?

"falling" down the stairs at Westec had to take a toll

I just quickly asked chattygeepeeteeee and apparently he's alive and well on LinkyDin.
As I don't have an account, I cannot verify.

[neurosis]

What happened to the greatest cad/cam LinkedIn page that ever existed?

[TSmcam]

I'm off maintenence at the end of the year and I'm still on 2025. I don't see myself even looking at these paths because of the connect issue. If topsolid cannot do what I want in the full 5ax world I will probably bring on hypermill to fill the gap. I guess this will be an end of an era for me, I have been using mastercam since 2010.

You're a newbie I worked with Mastercam from 1993 or 4, or thereabouts. My first version was 4.11 (that is DOS), and my last version was 2019. Inbetween, I was the local technical support rep, working on contract with the reseller. I got to know the application, and its post processors, very well.

For a brief time, around 2000, I dabbled with NX for about eighteen months (when it was still Unigraphics), and again about 10 years ago. Could never gel with NX, and I was against integrated CAD/CAM systems, as I was still flying the Mastercam flag.

Nowadays, I wouldn't be without full integrated CAD/CAM. The workflow is just that much easier, and flexible.