Dave Parrish Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 In the Enhancement Request forum, there is some discussion about a viewer for IC, which I think would be great to have. FWIW, as an alternative, we have started using Microsoft NetMeeting to do design review meetings with customers. With NetMeeting, we can display the IC scene on the customer's screen and talk them through the design... live. If necessary, we can even give them control and they can manipulate the model. (Gotta be careful to lock all positions first, though. Don't want any inadvertant displacement of parts.) A machine we are currently building is a great example. The customer is in Houston, the machine is going to Michigan and we are in North Carolina. The design review was done with everyone in their respecitve offices (in TX, MI and NC). Although NetMeeting can carry video and voice, we opted to do a conference call for the voice part in order to minimize the bandwidth required. In fact, we have done several design reviews for this project, each done with NetMeeting... Its great, saving both time and money for everyone involved. Plus, its quick... if a question comes up that can't be answered by words alone, we start a netmeeting. And, best of all... its free. It is bundled with Windows 2000 and I think with Windows XP. For Win95 and Win98 users, there is a free download available from Microsoft. Hate to give away our secret, but thought you might like to hear of an alternative solution to the viewer. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Dave Parrish Parrish Associates, Inc. Wake Forest, NC 27588-0972 www.pai-design.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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