You may be wondering why a pilot consulting project is required with the Advanced Geometry, NC Engine and 3D kits. Here's why...

Without exception, you will have questions about how to use the kits. There are sample programs and documentation, but you will have questions. In seventeen years of providing CAD/CAM Developer Kits, we've found that the best way to go is to give new users a "jump start". This may involve writing a short program to show you which functions to use and how to call them, or to provide an interface layer between your application and CCDK so your application deals only with its own native data (this latter option is quite popular).

You will also find functions which don't quite work the way you expect. Sometimes it will be on account of something you did (for example, you didn't set up an appropriate tolerance before calling a routine which crucially depends on an appropriate value), and sometimes there will really be a bug (these are quite rare, but they do exist!). If we have a pilot consulting project set up, then these issues can be handled in stride.

Last, but not least, we've spent a tremendous amount of time working with the issues that you are facing in your application. Chances are very good that you will find our experience in geometry, boundary offset and toolpath computation greatly beneficial and a very good value.

Of course, if you want to continue the consulting services beyond the initial pilot project, we'll usually accommodate you.

Updated demo programs
(4 Jan 2007)

"Advanced Geometry" demo!
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  "NC Engine" demo!
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"Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don't improve it. Trying to improve software quality by increasing the amount of testing is like trying to lose weight by weighing yourself more often. What you eat before you step onto the scale determines how much you will weigh, and the software development techniques you use determine how many errors testing will find. If you want to lose weight, don't buy a new scale; change your diet. If you want to improve your software, don't test more; develop better."

Steve McConnell

"That said, most software testing is woefully inadequate."

John Keklak