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  1. Albion

    Where are the Pro/ENGINEER Datacode change logs?

    Does PTC make available the change logs from one release datacode to the next? For instance, how can I find out what's changed from Wildfire 4.0 M130 to Wildfire 4.0 M160? thanks -Al
  2. Albion

    Windows 7 and Wildfire 3.0

    WF 5.0 should install natively in Windows 7. Just make sure you have the right version of ProE. I.E. if you're running a 64bit machine with a 64bit Windows 7, then you should be installing the 64bit version of ProE.
  3. Albion

    Windows 7 and Wildfire 3.0

    Unfortunately I can't get setup.exe to run no matter what compatibility mode I try. I failed to mention that this is a 64 bit version of Win7 Pro. Thanks.
  4. Albion

    Windows 7 and Wildfire 3.0

    Has anyone had any luck installing Wildfire 2.0 and 3.0 in Windows 7? We just purchased a new Windows 7 machine and unfortunately our customers have not upgraded from Wildfire 2.0 as of yet. Thanks
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    Processor inquery...

    Unfortunately that page doesn't give much of a _personal_ experience from the users. Benchmarks are cool but they're still just numbers, not opinions. -Craig
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    Processor inquery...

    We're looking at upgrading our Engineering computers to something with a little bit more umph. I've been looking at the Core i7 processors for this venture. HP told me that I'd be unwise to go with those processors because they're really for "gamers". They told me that I should go with the...
  7. Albion

    AutoCAD 2000i plotting problem

    I have a user with custom paper sizes setup in autocad. The problem he is having is that sometimes when he opens a drawing his custom sizes are there but when he opens a different drawing they won't be there. I know that the plotter setups depends on the drawing in question, but my user swears...
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    Desperate need of a Viewer.

    "I still don't understand why can't they create a pdf file or a TIFF from their pro/e drawings. It's one click away..." Corporate Politics... Harley is a very secure company. They take a lot of extra steps to make sure unnecessary technologies do not get out the door, and one of them is...
  9. Albion

    Looking for some help with Scheduling solution

    Ok, I guess the next big question would be, where do I find a person like this? We don't have anyone in shop who can do this, so we're going to need to hire someone. Only big problem is that we probably can't afford to pay them $100k a year like I am expecting. Any ideas? -Al
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    Looking for some help with Scheduling solution

    I work for a small to medium sized Manufacturing company. We do mostly workholding fixtures, build to print, and some plastic injection molds. For the longest time we have been struggling with "seat of the pants" scheduling and project management. We have tried quite a few pieces of software...
  11. Albion

    Desperate need of a Viewer.

    Yeah, we looked into that.. Unfortunatly the political situation over there will not allow them to make any changes to their software. -Al
  12. Albion

    Desperate need of a Viewer.

    Harley has so many different types of checks and balances flying around that they probably have one guy to click File Save, one guy to enter the file name, and a last guy to click the save button. That's the problem, they have to get authorization before they can send out an unauthorized file...
  13. Albion

    Desperate need of a Viewer.

    Yeah, but we need this to be ongoing to support this customer in the future, so we're going to have to purchase it. Right now the solution is that the customer is sending us .dxf, but they don't like having to translate to .dxf. The customer is Harley Davidson and they are spending a lot of...
  14. Albion

    Desperate need of a Viewer.

    We're looking at AutoView. It's price is kind of daunting and they can't guarante that if PTC come out with a new format for their files that they'll have a translator avaliable in a timely fashion. I just can see spending $1k to $1.5k plus yearly maint on a maybe. :( It might just come down...
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    Desperate need of a Viewer.

    Delcam's product DOES NOT open DRW, only PRT, just like all the other viewers I have looked at so far. :( We don't care about PRT or ASM files because we can open those all day long with the MasterCAM Pro/E translator. A translator we purchased because we assumed that it would open not only...

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