Re: Solid edge .. progress... new laptop

On Aug 8, 2:27=A0am, Cliff <Clhupr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:36:41 -0700 (PDT), phil scott <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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wrote:
> >thanks... =A0that un fuzzes me quite a bit... not so hard paying
> >maintenance fees if it includes the later releases.
>
> =A0 BTW, what, if any, tools did they provide for migrating your
> prior Inventor files, libraries, etc?

they probably have some but i havent looked into it yet


> =A0 And what have you found about vendor-supplied SE
> models/parts/libraries/etc. for use with SE?

I looked briefly but have forgotten the details...they do have a
fairly
large library.  for myself its not overly critical as I will be
designing my
own generic types of model pumps, compressors and etc..a few comon
valves
and the like, frames and weldments and using those mostly.

it will be a fairly limited library but more specialized... i can draw
up most of
it from scratch in a day or two.  then just scale the parts to fit the
latest
project... many will be ocomplex though, sectionable to show internals
in many
cases so my details and 'walk through's' will be hot.

I hope with synchrous I can get some of the more complex items from
the manufacturers.
things like big screw compressors, showing all internals.... that sort
of thing is not
going to be in the typical cad vendors library... but via online links
to mfgrs.

**
I did a phone interview for a salary job today...pays about half as
much as I make free lancing..but I did the interview hoping not to
hear the usual mealy mouth blather and assinine questions.    they
wanted serious talent...but still I couldnt bring myself to speak
to the guy.. he spent the first 5 minutes jabbering about how sorry he
was for calling me 4 minutes late.


I cant even be civil with most of those in the A and E bidness
anymore. . I told the guy when he asked resume questions..., 'its
written in perfect english, read it'... he went into shock for a
minute I think.


Im only dealing with end users and contractors these days... now the
recruiter hates my guts, I was mean as hell with him also.

Something is wrong with the entire scene... you have people with
marginal or no skill sets or life experience trying to hire or manage
talent with various coersions...  wall to wall bogusness... its
decimated american industry I think.

and they want it cheap by the hour, never mind that you could get the
job done in half a day by yourself.. they want to hire an office full
of idiots to do it in 6 months so they can bill the client cost plus.



Phil scott









> =A0 And what of your downstream users (fabrication & etc.)?
> Can you easily translate your files for their needs?
> --
> Cliff