May 2010: EPICS version 8.14 has been released. Major enhancements include die oven management features. Also, seven wish-list items and several addtional useful features. See the "What's New" section of the EPICS Help Topics for details. Also see the May 2010 Newsletter.
User Conference 2010
April 18 - 21
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October 2009: EPICS version 8.13 has been released. Included in the update are several top wishlist items, including four of the top ten. See the "What's New" section of the EPICSP Help Topics for details. Also see the October Newsletter.
October 2009: Newsletter with information concerning update 8.13 and the upcoming EPICS User Conference is available.
See the newsletter.
EPICS includes an optional Die Drawing Viewer -- FastLook Plus®, from Kamel Software Inc. Simply by right-clicking on a die number, the die drawing will appear on the EPICS screen.
This feature works from most EPICS screens, including:
. Die Inquiry
. Die Copy Inquiry
. Sales Order Item Inquiry
. Work Orders
. Press Data Collection
. Other Department Data Collection
. Packing Tickets
. Invoicing
You can give selected users a limited redlining (markup) capability. This will allow them to add notes that will appear with the drawing. These notes are not saved in the AutoCad drawing, but are kept in a separate file and displayed on a drawing when viewed from EPICS.
Your engineers can also take advantage of FastLook's extensive redline capability. To do this, they can run FastLook outside of EPICS, where they can add sketches, hatches, color files, symbols, and much more.
The EPICS Drawing Viewer works with AutoCAD® DWG files. It will also work with CGM, DXF, BAK, HPGL, SLD, RLC, TIFF, GIF, TGA, PCX, DIB, RLE, BMP, and WMF files. So if you simply want to create scanned images of your drawings, the EPICS Drawing Viewer will display them.
Let's say you are inquiring on a particular die, and have the Die screen displayed. If you want to see the die drawing, you right-click on the die number.
EPICS then searches your network for the proper die drawing. It could be an AutoCad file, or it could be a scanned image of a manual drawing. In either case, EPICS will locate and display the drawing. Initially, the drawing appears in the Full-Page ("Zoom Extents") mode, displaying the entire drawing.
Once the drawing is displayed, the user can zoom in on any part of it. If he has permission, he can also add notes, notes with leaders, or "sticky notes" that will be displayed with the drawing. And he can print the drawing with the click of a button.
Drawings for Fabrication and drawings for Packing can also be displayed in the same manner. And the displays do not have to be drawings - they can be digital photos. This is especially useful to display packing information.
