Alibre -- how transferrable are skills?

[MechMach]

Will the CAM 2.0 take .sldprt files direct and 3D contour? Just curious because we are going to replace MCAM possibly later this year and plan on spending more time with sales reps during the decision stage and have all the vendors over.

I'm not sure if you are familiar with AlibreCam 2.0, but it's just a Visual Mill 6 plugin for Alibre. It behaves much like the stand alone version of VM, and almost exactly like the VM plugin for SW. I have used the stand alone version, but would rather use the Alibre or SW plugins. I like the ability to make changes to the model and immediately regenerate the tool path without any extra work.

I have done quite a few 3D contouring projects with the pro version. Haven't had too many issues with it. The .sldprt files import quite well and the tool paths are decent. But if you already use SW then look at the VM plugin for SW.

[foxsquirrel]

I'm not sure if you are familiar with AlibreCam 2.0, but it's just a Visual Mill 6 plugin for Alibre. It behaves much like the stand alone version of VM, and almost exactly like the VM plugin for SW. I have used the stand alone version, but would rather use the Alibre or SW plugins. I like the ability to make changes to the model and immediately regenerate the tool path without any extra work.

I have done quite a few 3D contouring projects with the pro version. Haven't had too many issues with it. The .sldprt files import quite well and the tool paths are decent. But if you already use SW then look at the VM plugin for SW.

I just finished watching the power point demo and it appears they have what we need, the best part is the POST EDITOR, mastercam should be ashamed of this. A little company with a very important feature the big dog cannot seem to figure out!!!!!! The SW plugin pro is very reasonable $3900, thats not bad. They are most certainly on the list..