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February 28, 2009
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What average time to execute one mouse operation in Pro/E.

  • February 28, 2009
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Does anyone have an average value to perform a mouse operation in Pro/E?
I know sounds absurd, but I recall seeing some figures when Wildfire 1.0 was introduced, eliminated x% mouse operations or the like.
I believe PTC continues Human Factors engineering on the UI for Pro/E and Windchill, perhaps they have published some findings.

Save Time, Save money, upgrade, streamline yada yada...

So we do that, but how do we prove we are heading in the right direction?


Would be helpful if you could post a reference link to a computer science study or what not.

Then I can estimate savings when I knock a few mouse operations off replace them with a good ole fashion mapkey!

Cheers and TIA,

Andrew Amsden
CAD\PDM Administrator
Midmark Corporation
937-526-8770



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    kimndave91-Visitor
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    March 1, 2009
    I inquired PTC at the time about savings and so forth, but there was no
    back-up material forthcoming.

    I also wonder, as the menu structure has become more compressed and
    requires knowing what selections to make to see what operations are
    available (sort of push the operands to a stack and then execute the
    operator,) if this doesn't interfere with the user learning capability.

    The longest standing of these is in drawing mode, where to reorient an
    axis one first picks the axis and then a new menu is available to
    perform the reorient. It could take a long time to stumble onto that one.

    Dave S.

    Andrew Amsden wrote:
    > Does anyone have an average value to perform a mouse operation in Pro/E?
    > I know sounds absurd, but I recall seeing some figures when Wildfire
    > 1.0 was introduced, eliminated x% mouse operations or the like.
    > I believe PTC continues Human Factors engineering on the UI for Pro/E
    > and Windchill, perhaps they have published some findings.
    >
    > Save Time, Save money, upgrade, streamline yada yada...
    >
    > So we do that, but how do we prove we are heading in the right direction?
    >
    >
    > Would be helpful if you could post a reference link to a computer
    > science study or what not.
    >
    > Then I can estimate savings when I knock a few mouse operations off
    > replace them with a good ole fashion mapkey!
    >
    > Cheers and TIA,
    >
    > Andrew Amsden
    > CAD\PDM Administrator
    > Midmark Corporation
    > 937-526-8770
    >
    >

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