No, Spinfire is not a translator... only a viewer. MostCAM packages have IGES,
STEP, SAT and Parasolid imports...
Dennis
GCooper wrote:
> Guess we wait and see, like everything else, it will be a pleasant surprise
> when we get new functionality.
>
> I let the IGES translation run for 2.5 hours, then just gave up, I have
> never had a positive experience with IGES, can't figure why anyone would
> even output it? Requested STEP to start with and then after I received the
> disc with the .igs, guess I need to speak more clearly and slower when
> specifying formats. The sales guy gave me the "it works for everybody else
> what's your problem talk", I just sat patiently and then asked if I could
> speak to someone with some level of technical intelligence, it's amazing how
> the tech guy knew I would have problems and knew exactly which format to
> send the new files in? S ---- T ---- E ----- P please !!!!!!!
>
> Thanks crew.
>
> Unrelated: Anybody have any experience with Spinfire? I was ask a bunch of
> questions about it this weekend and really couldn't contribute anything,
> other than the propaganda claims it is the ".pdf" of solid modeling? Can
> their files be read in and used to generate code for a CNC machine. A
> machinist friend ask, guess he's been bidding work from files supplied in
> "Spinfire"?
>
> gcooper
>
> "Drew Fulford" wrote in message
> news:5656350AB01D304EF92AA1F270CEA08D@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I overheard FY2003 which means from Feb1/03 to Jan 31/04
> >
> > Elysium is filling a void till then.
> >
> > Heres the article for anyone not knowing what we're talkin about 😉
> >
> > Reads like a American Kernals Vs French Kernals thing
> >
> > - Drew
> >
> > Press Release
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > ----
> >
> >
> >
> > EDS and Autodesk Announce Plans for Interoperability in Their Mutual
> Product
> > Design Software Architectures
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > NEW YORK - EDS (NYSE: EDS) and Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today
> announced
> > a preliminary agreement aimed at enabling interoperability between
> software
> > applications based on EDS' PLM Solutions Parasolid and Autodesk's
> > ShapeManager software architectures.
> >
> >
> >
> > Seamless connectivity between these two platforms will enable customers to
> > share information between systems, boost productivity and lower costs.
> The
> > initiative was announced today at the Daratech SUMMIT 2002 in New York.
> >
> >
> >
> > The development of a direct link between these two powerful technologies
> > allows for seamless sharing of design information between
> ShapeManager-based
> > Autodesk Inventor, and the numerous Parasolid-based applications,
> including
> > Unigraphics and Solid Edge from EDS PLM Solutions.
> >
> >
> >
> > "'Open by design' is good for the industry, and our customers demand it,"
> > said Chuck Grindstaff, president PLM Products, EDS PLM Solutions. "By
> > enabling an open environment, manufacturers can enjoy greater flexibility
> in
> > how technology is deployed and it also creates new opportunities for the
> PLM
> > solution providers. Autodesk and EDS have many mutual customers, and those
> > companies in particular will quickly benefit from this initiative."
> >
> >
> >
> > "The need to move design data up and down the supply chain with high
> > fidelity is an essential component of our customers' business processes,"
> > said Robert Kross, vice president of the Manufacturing Division at
> Autodesk.
> > "This is especially true in the automotive and aerospace sectors of the
> > manufacturing industry where we see business opportunity. By enabling this
> > type of interoperability, our customers will be able to use data from
> > different systems without employing third party translators, neutral file
> > formats of other methods. This should vastly improve their results and
> time
> > to market."
> >
> >
> > --
> > Drew Fulford B.A.Sc. Systems Engineer
> > Solid Caddgroup Inc. Burlington, Ontario
> > Tel: (905)331-9670, Fax: (905)331-7280
> > Corporate: http://www.solidcadcam.com/
> >
> > Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
> > Visit my MCAD website @ http://www.mymcad.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > "Leo Laimer" wrote in message
> > news:6D9951C9FECE481D201F21206067A3D7@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > I asked the same at a roadshow of IV6 recently but got no positive
> answer
> > by
> > > the Adesk poeple there.
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > Leo Laimer
> > > Maschinen- und Fertigungstechnik
> > > A-4820 Bad Ischl - Austria
> > >
> > >
> > > "GCooper" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > > news:8AC6C128675DDF38AE732A82E57F5097@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Is the press release of Feb 26, 2002 dead or is there a tool in the
> > works?
> > > > Any body have any info. I need to get some assemblies into IV from UG
> > and
> > > > it's kicking my butt...
> > > >
> > > > gcooper
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
--
Dennis Jeffrey
CAD Associates - Fort Wayne
Autodesk ASC
(260-432-9695 x 221
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