Handcuffed to the CMM

[Joe Zastrow]

I want my license of PC-DMIS to be like all my other software licenses. Why am I handcuffed to my machine why can’t I check out my license of DMIS to a laptop or another computer and program off line from anywhere I want? Instead I have to purchase an off line seat for $14,900.00 just to be able to program away from the machine.
This is the same for Data Page why can’t my coworker be using Data Page while I’m programming? Brown & Sharpe wants $1,500.00 for another seat of Data Page and I’m not even using the one I have while programming.
I would pay a small premium for this function but $14,900.00 come on guys how can I justify this purchase. I don’t want to use the software multiple places at the same time I just want to be able to use the software wherever whenever without dragging my CMM with me.

[craiger_ny]

$14,900!!!!!!!!!! I had no idea. Double that and you can just buy a machine with PCDMIS on it. Holy cow I had no idea they want $14,900. I should have known though. I was going to have it quoted for next year's capitol expenditures. I won't bother now, I know there is no way my company would pay that.

[Mike N.]

I agree completely!!

solidworks alows a single copy per paid license from what i'm told, just for the reasons you describe. They are a large Co. and see through the issue we are up against.

Bob Marley "Get up, stand up, for your right"

~Mike

[Duckhunter]

A bit of a fix

Joe,

You could install 3.5 on a laptop and rename one of the files per one of the postings on the old site. This would give you a workaround back to 3.5 which isnt too bad. I totally agree....machine doenst work.....you are out of luck!!!!

Tim

[Mike N.]

Joe,

You could install 3.5 on a laptop and rename one of the files per one of the postings on the old site. This would give you a workaround back to 3.5 which isnt too bad. I totally agree....machine doenst work.....you are out of luck!!!!

Tim

yabut you still need to take the portlock with you

[JamesMannes]

Tim,
The software still needs to see the dongle. You can't use without. All the renaming does is allow you to work on a program at the same machine that has the dongle on it. Which isn't so bad.

[bw_bob]

Welcome to hexagon prison. The good thing is if you spend enough money they will use vaseline.

[Ravenmaniac]

vaseline.......

We have 4 cmms with their own seats and recently got an offline seat for about 13 grand.....and you're right....it came with a 4 gallon tub of crisco......B

[bw_bob]

We have 3 CMM's and an offline portlock

[Cumofo]

There is a thumbdrive available.

[Mike N.]

There is a thumbdrive available.

please elaborate?

[Joe Zastrow]

There is a thumbdrive available.

If the thumbdrive is nothing more than a usb dongle than I would still need my CMM conected to run DMIS.