I just got out of school and I am now working with I-DEAS, but apart from a single introductory I-DEAS class, I have had no training or support with this program. It is practically a black box. I cannot find any user groups, there aren't any books, and the program seems to powered by magical commands that are in no way documented. The help files are not helpful and I am getting very frustrated. I've been managing sofar, but I have reached a point where I just need to break this isolation that I feel. Where do you guys go when you need a reference, or to improve your skills?
I've talked to the tech support at UGS, but I can't call them with every little issue I come across. The seemly simple things become a 6 hour task, and I cannot imagine how to become proficient in my job without finding more resources to lean upon.
I've talked to the tech support at UGS, but I can't call them with every little issue I come across. The seemly simple things become a 6 hour task, and I cannot imagine how to become proficient in my job without finding more resources to lean upon.
I'm used to being able to figure things out on my own because I have had to do that. Unfortunately, I have had to teach myself alot of I-DEAS, 3D modeling and FEA because the classroom training I had was a verbatim recital of the tutorials with little extension into dealing with errors or inconsistancies in the program or models. The Help system is broken right now, but the IT guy is working on that.