Prospector™ Overview
Prospector™ is the next generation in NC programming software for the builders of complex tools. Purpose-built from the ground-up, Prospector is the only system that lets you confidently place responsibility for programming where it belongs — on the shop floor in the hands of your machinists. Who knows better how to machine a job?
With Prospector at work, shop floor programming is a practical tool to improve your bottom line. Empowered with Prospector, machinists are producing higher quality results in far less time than ever thought possible. That's what knowledge-based programming is all about. Prospector is designed for the machinist. Using terminology and innovative user interface techniques, Prospector speaks the language of the shop for a decided advantage over traditional skill-based NC programming systems. Machinists focus on what’s truly important — running the machine at maximum efficiency — instead of the computer.
Designed exclusively around the familiar Microsoft® Windows® graphical user interface, Prospector is a thoroughly modern application. Easy-to-learn wizards with context sensitive help guide you in a step-by-step manner through operations previously thought to be too complex to be widely adopted on the shop floor.
Powered by Parasolid®, Prospector provides comprehensive 2D and 3D machining strategies to machine directly from solid models. Direct data import from any Parasolid-based CAD system means that machining can begin in minutes instead of wrestling with time-consuming and potentially problematic export of data to a neutral format such as IGES or STEP. Whether you use Unigraphics®, SolidWorks®, Solid Edge® or any other popular Parasolid-based CAD system, you can be assured of fast and 100% accurate data transfer.
The speed and power of Prospector makes fast work of even the most complicated surface data sets. Whether you work in solids or prefer surface modeling, Prospector is the one system that handles it all.
Prospector™ Components
Companies can choose from these Prospector solutions to suit their needs for 2.5D and 3D programming:
- Prospector™ Gold Edition — Premier Prospector solution that allows both 3D and 2.5 D programming
- Prospector™ Silver Edition — Cost effective alternative Prospector solution for those that only need 2.5 D programming
Prospector is licensed with a hardware key (dongle) that plugs into the USB port of your Windows® computer.
Prospector runs on Intel and Intel-compatible PCs running the Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® Vista or Windows® 7 operating system.
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Full support for native Windows 7 operating system.
Parasolid® version 22
(V22).
Customer-driven software corrections and enhancements.
Download time saver utilities Project Builder and Project Put.
Lease financing lets you put your Prospector to work immediately to generate revenue while the software literally pays for itself.
“One of the biggest benefits of moving programming to the shop floor has been the ability of the operator to respond to the changes required without having to go through the cycle of contacting an offline programmer and obtaining a new program. Quality has gone up while machine time and error rate have come down.”
--Tim Atwood, MSI Mold Builders