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Pc-dims vs calypso

sarajo
I have only worked with PC-DIMS for the last 6 years, but I'm currently considering a new position that is Calypso. How difficult is Calypso to learn?
  • At some point this thread will get back on topic.
  • At some point this thread will get back on topic.

    Well this is the off-topic section (The Thunderdome) so maybe not. Rolling eyes

    Now for an on-topic comment... I have never worked with Calypso but I have been in DMIS so long that I have no intention to learn another software.
  • in reply to Peter Fuller
    Maybe it will, maybe it won't....we'll see. haha


  • Now for an on-topic comment... I have never worked with Calypso but I have been in DMIS so long that I have no intention to learn another software.

    That's where I'm at. I'm wed to this thing.



  • Well this is the off-topic section (The Thunderdome) so maybe not. Rolling eyes

    Now for an on-topic comment... I have never worked with Calypso but I have been in DMIS so long that I have no intention to learn another software.

    It is worthwhile to learn other software's every once in a while. Makes you re-think what you thought you knew and either appreciate what you had or be thankful that it's gone
  • I learned Calypso. I don't have it on my resume as I will not take a position that wants a Calypso programmer, and I really don't want an employer to know that I know it as they may ultimately want me to use it.

    If you prefer to program from the keyboard, PCD is the better option. If you want point and click programming, Calypso.

    This exactly. I was formally trained on Calypso. It's point and click, but everything is hidden behind different windows and settings. It's pretty frustrating. I find PC DMIS to be way more user friendly but a less robust software, I never had any issues with Calypso but I feel like PC DMIS falls apart if you even click on something too fast.
  • in reply to gt143744
    You should try using a programmable keypad with Pcdmis sometimes, when you have dozens if not 100 or more keystrokes programmed into a single key, it can make PCD do strange things sometimes....


  • It is worthwhile to learn other software's every once in a while. Makes you re-think what you thought you knew and either appreciate what you had or be thankful that it's gone

    You do make a compelling argument...


  • It is worthwhile to learn other software's every once in a while. Makes you re-think what you thought you knew and either appreciate what you had or be thankful that it's gone

    Good point. I've only had the opportunity to work with two other CMM software brands besides PC-DMIS and in both cases I have found that it made me appreciate PC-DMIS so much more.

    I worked with a fella that had basically worked with all the different software/equipment over the years and he had a funny sentiment about it. He said that the more equipment he was exposed to, the less he liked any of them. He said that he often had the problem of wanting to use some sort of feature that only exists in some other software. "This would be so much easier if I was doing this in X".

  • . "This would be so much easier if I was doing this in X".

    I've worked with 6 different CMM software packages .
    There are things that I've like about each one, things that I've hated about each one and things that made me wonder what kind of drugs they were on when the created the software.
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