topic Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion in Machining Discussions Forum

Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

al.whatmough — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:33:14 GMT

Looking at the usage of some of these boards and the topics in them, there is a lot of overlap.

What you you think about merging "General Discussion" with "CAM Discussion"

I think, that is already happening organically

What are your thoughts?

(BTW - This is something I have complete control over, unlike some of the other things I ask for your advice on)

🙂

Regards,

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

Steinwerks — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:50:38 GMT

I'm all for it. There's not a lot of off-topic banter on these boards, which I view as a good thing.

I'll add that the Mobile site needs some help too, as the Beta Testing forum isn't viewable, nor is the Ideas section easily reachable from the header page via a simple link as it is on the full site.

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

al.whatmough — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:55:10 GMT

@Steinwerks exactly - feels like a coin toss on where to put the "off topic stuff" when it should just be an organic part of the feed.

From there - we could talk about better use of tags to help optimize search.

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:23:00 GMT

Idea: Perhaps the General discussion could get turned into a dedicated machining discussion forum?

There are lots of machinist forums, but it would be interesting to have one where the strategies/techniques one implements are tied more directly to the CAM software we are all using. There are also a lot of super talented machinists on here and it would be fantastic to see their input expanded beyond the programming side of the equation and into the strategies + techniques parts.

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

al.whatmough — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:26:01 GMT

@Anonymous I agree.

With that in mind

If Support is the HSM product specific support

Then could CAM Discussion & General Discussions not be the new combined Machining Discussions forum?

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:29:22 GMT

That would work.

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

Laurens-3DTechDraw — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 05:51:51 GMT

Too many folders without an specific meaning or identity.

So good to go.

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

al.whatmough — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:21:08 GMT

It seems like we all agree. I will give it a day or two to make sure that a good reason to not do this doesn't come up.

However, I am fairly certain this is the right things to do.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Re: Merge CAM Discussions & General Discussion

kb9ydn — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:33:03 GMT

I never could figure out exactly what the "general" forum was supposed to be for. Combine away!