With how common remote work is these days, I'm wondering if anyone has ever been able to obtain an offline seat and a company-supplied workstation to program from home? I'd imagine that a lot of trust and prestige would be needed to be able to do this.
Cris_C, a few things actually, but the biggest one is to be able to work independently. I perform at my best when I am left to my devices although I do enjoy working in collaborative environments. The other thing is simply the costs of commuting like you mentioned (both monetary and time-wise). I'm spending anywhere from $160-$180 on gas every month and it takes me 1 hour a day commuting to and from work. That's 20 hours a month spent on the road (more if I work weekends). Insane!
But working remotely is not something I can legitimately be doing anytime soon - I'm still a noob compared to the gurus here - only 2 years in. I was simply curious as to what the remote work climate is like out there for us CMM programmers.
ALousyUser, if you place all the fixturing and rayco components in via CAD model, as well as the machine, you can get a realistic virtual run of the program.
Paperback Rocker, I'm working with CMMs that have Rayco Fixture Plates and components. I didn't think to check and see if Rayco had CAD files of their fixture plates/components. That's awesome. Thank you!
ALousyUser Working from home is a lot easier to prove your programs out if you have accurate models of what you're measuring. For every program I make I start out with the actual fixture plate, inspection risers, even the pins in the plate are real models. 95% of my programs are written so operator doesnt even have to touch the jogbox...just put the part where I tell you and the machine does the rest
Kp61dude!Paperback Rocker what do you guys do when you don't have in-process models? Do you just use the clearance cube or take mental notes of the size of the in-process part with unmachined stock?
i made the fixture plate & "probe rack" as an assembly model in solidworks
i also made my risers, pins, and other models in soldiworks
when i start a new program the first thing i do is drag in my "fixture plate with rack" model, throw the part model wherever it looks good, throw some risers or something under it and then go to town =)