Re: Open Source alternative for Autocad 2004 DFX File Editing,...

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:20:57 -0700, BottleBob <bottlbob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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    Added alt.machines.cnc,comp.cad.solidworks,alt.cad,de.comp.cad
to xposting so that they can see it.

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>jon_banquer wrote:
>>  >Those statements may, or may not turn out to be true.
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>> Wrong. There is no "may not turn out to be true" about it:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CxT4eMsjuo
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>>> Other CAD systems might very well try to change their ex****t files in
>>> such a manner as to make them unreadable by Solid Edge, or anything
>>> else using Synchronous Technology.
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>> Wrong again. You can't put a lock on pure geometry. You obviously have
>> no clue how Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology works. 
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>Jon:
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>	You're correct, I DON'T know how Solid Edge ST works.  I'm not a 
>software programmer, so I'm just speculating about the possibilities.
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>> If you
>> im****t any non-native geometry, even an IGES file, into Solid Edge
>> with Synchronous Technology that geometry reacts exactly the same as
>> it does if the geometry was drawn natively in Solid Edge with
>> Synchronous Technology
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>	Are you claiming that Solid Edge ST is a universal translator for ALL 
>types of geometric files?  Or if not, what types of file formats WILL 
>it im****t?