YES
One really needs good modelers to make something in CAD/CAM and not
just RPT. I have worked on some old clumsy CAD systems such as CADDS 4X
but these softwares are good within their own limitations. So it is not
the latest software that is the end of the story but the person behind
or rather in front of it that makes all the difference.
Thanks
Prady
--- "Steven C. Beck" <beck@galt.iaf.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> I may be reading too much into what I've seen in the
> "CAD University"
> thread recently but it was starting to taste like,
> "CAD/CAM would be easy
> if I just had the right software."
>
> I encounter this mind-set over and over in many of
> the companies that I've
> consulted with or done training for. My suspicions
> are that it stems from
> managers being able to crank out a document within a
> half hour of
> installing MS Word. Or even being able to modify a
> digital image within
> an hour or so of installing a program like Adobe
> Photoshop. This is
> unfortunate for a variety of obvious reasons.
>
> Interestingly, I also tend to get contacted by these
> same people on a
> fairly regular basis with problems that, although
> not trivial, just aren't
> that difficult for an experienced modeler to solve.
>
> The notion that your design/engineering staff is
> going to be more
> productive if only someone would come out with the
> right 3d software is
> like saying this same team could also create really
> good music if they
> just had the right midi interface.
>
> Good modeling tools are a necessity. There are
> plenty of good packages to
> choose from and as with all purchasable items,
> you'll pretty much get what
> you pay for. But keep in mind that the skills
> required to be useful with
> whatever 3d tools you choose are difficult to obtain
> and it's not going to
> happen quickly.
>
> One last thing.
>
> Orchestras don't hire people with music degrees and
> then hand
> them a violin along with The Idiot's Guide to
> Fiddlin'. They
> seek out people who can already play those things
> very well.
>
> Thanks for your time and with that . . . . my
> soapbox and I are outta'
> here.
>
>
>
> Steven Craig Beck |
> beck@galt.iaf.uiowa.edu
> 73 EMRB Image Analysis Facility |
> http://www.uiowa.edu/~image
> University of Iowa | 319.335.6713
> (phone)
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>
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