Shaun Murphy Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 IronCAD marketing would like to get your opinion about kernel preference. Please take some time to fill out the poll below. Your feedback will determine our direction as we move forward. Regards Shaun M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsulli Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I find the poll results pretty amazing. Do users actually pick Acis for some parts/assemblies and Parasolid for others? I think many users assume that there is quite a bit of automatic switching going on and that is why they selected "I use both equally." The only time I'll switch kernals is if I need to export an SAT file. Parts modeled in Acis should allow a cleaner export to SAT, but other than that, I leave the default kernal as Parasolid. From what I've read, the Parasolid kernal is being updated more frequently than the Acis kernal and now that Dessault owns the Acis kernal, you would have to suspect that slowing down its developement would only help their flagship mid-range product, Solidworks and hurt Autodesk. Maybe that's why Autodesk is developing their own kernal for Inventor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cborer Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 I change Kernel when I have problems, this often helps. Carlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dlalonde Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 I exchange SAT files with toolmakers using Cadkey, Autocad, and various CAM software packages that all use ACIS natively or import SAT files reliably. I exchange Parasolid files successfully with another toolmaker that uses Unigraphics. I work primarily with ACIS kernel, largely out of habit, but switch parts manually to Parasolid when I have trouble with fancy blends and surface edits. I once had to send an assembly to a Solidworks user....SW choked on the parasolid assembly but accepted the ACIS assy quite well....don't know why. FYI - ptc is offering ProDesktop Express free (can anything from ptc really be free?) which is good because it opens ProE files and can export them as STEP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EricFoy Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 I, too, interact with customers on both sides of the kernel fence. I also switch kernels every now and then when the geometry gets too weird for the one I'm using. Also, I have found that regens of complex parts are two- to ten- times faster in Parasolid than in ACIS. Has anyone else noticed this? -Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlehnhaeuser Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 We model in parasolid because its truly more robust than Acis. We like the option though because, we can talior fit our design depending on our clients programs. In General, if we had to choose between them. Its definitely Parasolid for robustness and the ability to share with CAM products more readily. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecurveman Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Yea I think its time for a new pole Shaun any new direction should include mechinical event sims instead of just animation. ecurveman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Khenkin Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 I think it's important for IC to keep supporting dual kernel operation - switching kernels is one of the most useful troubleshooting tools IC has (at least it worked for me many times). Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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