RE: Sinterstation Scanning Computer Software

From: Jim Williams (JIM@paramountind.com)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 21:16:11 EEST


Scott,
Call your 3D FE if you are under warranty or maintenance.... I'm sure they
can walk you through the procedure.
 
Good luck,
Jim Williams
 
 

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Scott Tilton [ mailto:stilton@protoprod.com
<mailto:stilton@protoprod.com> ]
|Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:22 AM
|To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
|Subject: Sinterstation Scanning Computer Software
|
|
|
|
|Hello to everyone.
|
|I'm new to the list so please be gentle with me.
|
|I was curious to know if any SLS users out there ever had to
|reload the data
|on their scanning computer for their Sinterstation.
|
|I know I've got the Windows software (Build Setup Program and Sinter
|application) but am I supposed to have a backup copy of the
|information on
|the DOS box?
|
|Any advice or experience in this area is greatly appreciated.
|
|Thanks.
|
|Scott Tilton
|
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
|From: Charles Overy [ mailto:cwho@lgmmodel.com <mailto:cwho@lgmmodel.com>
]
|Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:09 PM
|To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
|Cc: david@b2banalysts.com; dduffy@cio.com
|Subject: RE: Article in CIO magazine
|
|Hello all,
|
|whoosh -- hear that flame comming at you....
|
|Nice article except for the factual errors! I caught at least two.
|
|"who has so far outperformed a stereolithography (STL)
|machine. Have you
|ever seen one of these? It can take a virtual 3-D image from a software
|package such as Catia and put out a colored 3-D model made of
|plastic. The
|STL machine divides the 3-D image into thin layers and makes
|the model by
|laser printing layer after layer of plastic"
|
| - Not a very accurate description of any RP process that I
|have seen. It
|seems to be an amalgam of the Z Corp process (color),
|Stratasys (layers of
|plastic) , and 3D Systems SLA. Also, since when was the class
|of machines
|abbreviated with the file extension? This laxity maybe OK for casual
|journalism but it makes me treat the rest of the article as
|just that. Not
|very well researched or thought out.
|
|"AutoCad and its myriad competitors were surely being used on
|all those Macs
|over in design. "
|Again, to my knowledge, no AutoCad product has ever run on a
|Mac and not
|many direct competitors in 3D product design are there either.
|
|Next, can you really, "feed 2-D images into Catia and get an
|exact rendering
|without too much manual tweaking" and if so what does a
|"rendering" have to
|do with a watertight 3D polygon mesh export. If Catia can
|really create a
|good 3D model from 2D hand sketches without "too much" human
|intervention,
|then this is an achievement that I have not heard about.
|Personally I doubt
|it, and it is this sort of statement that is particularly
|irritating. It
|over promises the integration of technology in the design process as a
|whole. Further it implies that the RP process get blamed
|when things break
|down. If the authors statement is supposed to be that good people are
|needed in the design process, there is no debate bu there are
|more accurate
|ways to convey this obvious truth.
|
|Finally, I think that the RP sales people need to find out who
|this shoe
|company is and leave their card. As the article points out,
|John Henry DIED
|in the process of trying to beat the steam drill. I thought
|shoe companies
|already had enough bad press for inspiring that sort of work
|environment in
|their subcontractors.
|
|This article would have been OK if it had been in "People" or
|perhaps even
|"Gardening News" but in a zine presumably directed at Chief Information
|Officers of big companies is should try to get the technology
|parts close to
|correct. I have included the editor and writer in this email,
|perhaps they
|would care to respond to the list. It certainly was an
|amusing read but I
|have more than enough anti-technology drivel from neo-luddites in the
|architectural community to last me to the end of this year. Next year,
|we'll see...
|Best wishes to all
|
|Charles
|Dir of Eng.
|LGM
|www.lgmmodel.com,
|
|
|
|-----Original Message-----
|From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [ mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
<mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi> ]On
|Behalf Of Todd Grimm
|Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 12:21 PM
|To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
|Subject: Article in CIO magazine
|
|
|Sometimes it takes an outsider to clearly see what the RP
|industry faces
|as competitive pressures. In a slightly humorous article, CIO magazine
|illustrates the challenges that RP and collaboration tools face. Hope
|you enjoy it.
|
| http://www.cio.com/archive/100102/worldview.html
<http://www.cio.com/archive/100102/worldview.html>
|
|
|Todd Grimm
|3028 Beth Ct.
|Edgewood, KY 41017
|Phone: (859) 331-5340
|Fax: (859) 331-5342
|Cell: (859) 240-0574
|Email: tgrimm1@insightbb.com
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