Originally Posted by krustykrab  Sorry "Turmite", but I have to say that this thread would provide for and endless number of pages of insight not really directed at any one specific topic. |
I say differently. Reading pages of insight is revealing. What I'd like to see is what was in the first post describing what the thread was to be about, and then not carried over in the second post. When someone says, "I use X, Y, or Z program and I like it, it works for me." I want to know who they are. Not "who" but what they represent to their shop. Are they designing a bit from a customers bar napkin doodle, or are they simply loading a file from their customer and letting the program crunch the numbers? Are they experienced from a technical school where they earned an AS in NC, and then got into the program they are defending at their first shop, or are they owners hat were forced into buying and learning the program they grabbed cold?
I guess I want to know a bit of the life experiences of the reviewer. This will let me compare their circumstances to my own. This is also important information to a guy looking at a system that can be as cheap as a few hundred dollars or well over 20k. What kind of work, what machines, and how much time is spent in the chair versus standing by the machine all give more clues to the weight I would give to each person's insight to his CAM of choice.
This to me is important and I'd read the thread in it's entirety.
Everyone has seen the person that claims Office over Word Perfect and vice versa. When pressed you learn it is the one they started with and became familiar with. Once familiarity reins, it becomes hard and confusing to figure another progrram out, so it becomes not as good as what is familiar. Due to this, I'd also like to know what other experience has been present n the person's history.