On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:14:45 -0700, brewertr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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>On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:24:05 -0700 (PDT), Joe788 <joemama788@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>On Jul 18, 10:18 pm, jon_banquer <jon_banq...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> > Are you claiming that Solid Edge ST is a universal translator for
ALL
>>> > types of geometric files?
>>>
>>> Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology doesn't care about anything but
>>> geometry so a "dumb solid" of any kind from any CAD system is just
>>> fine. Once a "dumb solid" is im****ted into Solid Edge with Synchronous
>>> Technology you can add any design intent you wish and make the part as
>>> "smart" as you want.
>>>
>>> Jon Banquer
>>> San Diego, CAhttp://jonbanquer.blogspot.com/
>>
>>So the "design intent" is completely gone then, huh?
>
>What Jon is avoiding is:
>
>Design intent and all constraints are stripped when it is im****ted as
>a "dumb solid" and stays that way if/when he returns it to the
>customer.
>
>Lets say Jon takes a customer supplied Solid Model and im****ts it into
>SE-ST and he hacks and whacks the model. What does he send back to the
>customer?
>
>Customer sent a file with design intent, associativity, constraints,
>engineering data, print data, etc. intact in their model and they want
>a SolidWorks, ProE, CATIA, etc. model back not some "dumb solid". How
>are they to make prints, generate CAM data from their CAD/CAM system
>or PLM after Jon ex****ts a hacked and whacked dumb solid for them?
>
>Tom
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