It has been a while since I have posted on PM. Anyways, here goes. I am not an owner but a Machinist at a shop that does mostly high end Aerospace work. Management has always pursued a very aggressive agenda of keeping up with the state of technology in this industry in order to keep our customers happy and maintain an edge over the competition. Most of the endeavors have worked out well, with a few duds here or there.
That being said the latest thing that they are trying to roll out with is a transition from Mastercam to SIEMENS NX specifically for our 5 axis work. MC would most likely stay for 3 Axis. I have been one of the few employees who has volunteered to Beta test the software and provide feedback to management to better help them make a decision on whether to implement it shop wide or abandon using NX entirely.
We are a mid size shop with around 75 full time employees. I should add that I have been using Mastercam for approx. 5 years. I feel it is adequate for everything I have had to do. I have been using NX for a month. So far I find the learning curve with NX very steep and I feel that for 5 axis work it is marginally better than Mastercam. For simple toolpaths like pocketing, facing, contouring,3 axis drill etc. I feel Mastercam is way better and offers more control. We are job shop so the ability to turn parts quickly is important....
Ultimately I am wondering what does NX have (or doesn't have) that Mastercam doesn't that gives enough justification to switch to NX?
That being said the latest thing that they are trying to roll out with is a transition from Mastercam to SIEMENS NX specifically for our 5 axis work. MC would most likely stay for 3 Axis. I have been one of the few employees who has volunteered to Beta test the software and provide feedback to management to better help them make a decision on whether to implement it shop wide or abandon using NX entirely.
We are a mid size shop with around 75 full time employees. I should add that I have been using Mastercam for approx. 5 years. I feel it is adequate for everything I have had to do. I have been using NX for a month. So far I find the learning curve with NX very steep and I feel that for 5 axis work it is marginally better than Mastercam. For simple toolpaths like pocketing, facing, contouring,3 axis drill etc. I feel Mastercam is way better and offers more control. We are job shop so the ability to turn parts quickly is important....
Ultimately I am wondering what does NX have (or doesn't have) that Mastercam doesn't that gives enough justification to switch to NX?