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Dear PTC CEO and programers.
Deae PROE FANS
I wrote this to the PTC, but no response.
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I am using PROE WF5 PRO/nc as cad/cam system
CAD is OK I like it.
BUT!!! CAM-PRO/NC is not a CAM. When you make something new it is 80% buttons an menus, but engine is the same all the time.You are making olny small changes. Your "CAM" can not compute toolpaths on backround (multitasking)It is not using multiple core technology, I am siting on my chair an waiting for hours. (I have XEON64bit 8GB RAM HP Z400) So wake up PTC. You have a lot of bugs in your "CAM" I am not your employe tester. Bugs are in re-rough, Rough, Finishing, Profile, local mill and surface steps. There are bugs and engine is not good too.
I am using EDGECAM too. If you will sleep, I will throw proe away.(to the recycle bin)
Sorry for my english. It is bad, but it is better then then your "CAM"
You have two options
1.new engine for PRO/NC
2.integrate pro/toolmaker in pro/nc
Bukaj
>>>but keep in mind that Pro/NC has the ability to use multi-core and remote computing for more than 10 years, something that is only avaliable in the last3/4 years.
Yes, it is true, but you must have more than one licence! I have only one licence. So I can not start another proe on behind. Job manager does not work when you have only one licence.
(Am I right?)
Bukaj
Bukaj,
Talked to a PTC guy today and I need to add a remark to my last statement: If you set your own machine as the remote computation server, then Pro/NC job manager will use the multi-cores you have and it will not attempt to grab another NC license: it will use the license you are using.
I'm not sure which toolpaths supports multi-core processing or if all them do it. It would be good if someone from PTC could clarify this, an old doubt I have...
By the way, HSMWork also licenses the NCGraphics kernel, and two ex-NCGraphics employees are now working as freelancers, coding for Cimco/HSMworks... you can find their blog here: <u>www.freesteel.co.uk</u>- Wikipedia says that aproximately 10 CAM vendors licenses NCGraphics technology... so I think Creo/NC will have an interesting future...
Rgds,
Daniel
Bukaj,
By the way:
My last post was not clear, sorry: Pro/NC does not have multi-core toolpaths... it won't split the computation of any toolpath in multi cores... what it will do is to run Pro/NC in one core and compute the toolpath in another...
HTH
Daniel
My last post was not clear, sorry: Pro/NC does not have multi-core toolpaths... it won't split the computation of any toolpath in multi cores... what it will do is to run Pro/NC in one core and compute the toolpath in another...
Hey Daniel
Is there a better guide to setting up the job manager to process toolpaths on multiple cores? The help files seem to be lacking some details. would there be a diffrence between xp and 7?