Education

I can't name names, but there are VERY qualified individuals who will come in house and train you on the demon, and they don't care what version you are using.

What types of stuff are you looking to learn? How long have you been "flailing"?

The reason I ask is because If you have been working with PC-DMIS for a while now you may not be impressed by what the offer in their #2 class. I would highlu think about looking at brining someone in that can tailor the class/training to your needs and not the benobo sitting in the seat across from you.

We've been looking to spend our (free with the purchase of a new machine) training coupons on something.
Level 1 was a snooze after having only the minimum of 'training' from our current CMM operator.
Sounds like we should skip direct to level 3 or maybe GD&T.
I wouldn't bother at all except the training is already paid for.

...interesting, b&s didn't give a hoot what version software we were on for Level 1.
I didn't find the 20xx I trained on prohibitively different than v4.0.
I didn't miss anything going back to v4 until we got around to installing 2010.
(I did miss all the crashes, once we had 2010 running *g*)
Almost sounds like a ploy to sell more software.

Thanks James.I certainly used the wrong word with "flail".But I have to have enough humility to assume I can use any type of training, or get something out of any class offered (or not offerred at this point by Hexagon).I became stuck with best fit alignments when trying to use the application with respect to a composite tolerance.I will certainly approach my employer with some of the information you have passed along to me.I appreciate the info.

I would suggest either the advanced class (3rd) or the GDT class. Much can be learned about the powers of the dark side by attending the GDT class. Keep in mind it is how to use GDt within PC-DMIS, it is not a class on GDT standards or practices.


You are welcome. I would highly recommend Sean Harrris, he is so sexy in the high heel jack boots that he has for the naughty boys.

Worked as a machinist for 18 years, then moved into quality12 years ago, where I was introduced to the wonderful world of CMM's.Making a long story short, I am now flailing away on a Browne & Sharpe Global using 2009MR1, with a LEVEL 1 class under my belt.I recently tried to register for the LEVEL 2 class, only to be told that I WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER WITHOUT THE LATEST VERSION OF SOFTWARE, which has my employer looking at other software options.Curious if anyone else has had this terrific experience when if comes to supported (or unsupported) software.

Not true. You can register for a class no matter what software you are using. I even double checked with Rhonda, and she took a call from someone this morning saying that, and she told them that they could register no matter what version they were using.

It IS TRUE that we teach in the latest released version however, which I think makes sense to everyone.

We can also quote you onsite specific training for your needs, we do hundreds of these classes a month. Rhonda can help you at 248-449-9450 get the training you want.

Hope that helps.