Pro/Engineer

[B Schein]

I am indeed using wildfire. The first cad system I learned on was AutoCAD I have taken all the classes my local community collage had and learned how to some very complex things with I was at one point very proficient making 3d models with it. I haven’t done much modeling with AutoCAD recently so I have lost the touch I once had. I still use AutoCAD on a daily basis because I have program that runs thought macros that I use to generate CNC tool paths it is very quick and easy to use especially for programming Fanuc lathes using canned cycles like G71 and G72. And now when I got here to UNCC this year we a forced to use Pro/e. I wish sometimes that I new absolutely nothing at all about balloon based modeling. It is instinctive for me to hit certain keys that are very powerful in AutoCAD and do nothing in Pro/e which is very frustrating. But Pro/e is awesome form the point that is a truly parametric program and you don’t have to spend hours updating changes. I guess I will get more comfortable with it the more I use. I really want to learn how to use Pro/NC I have heard that this is a very powerful cam systems and is very easy to control tool paths with out having to deal with some of the problems other programs have like stupid approach moves with air cut after initializing cutter comp. If any body knows where I can learn more about Pro/NC let me know where to look.