Prospector™ Features

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Managing Data Effectively
Prospector™ manages electronic data by encapsulating all data and relationships in a unique electronic project. Networked to the CAD/CAM office, Prospector projects always reflect up to date information while automatically incorporating programs created or edited in the shop. This simple yet powerful approach to organizing data eliminates the headaches and errors that occur when trying to manage hundreds or thousands of files scattered across a network. At any computer on the network, you can call up any job and begin work right away knowing that everything you need is right there in Prospector. Relationships between programs and the electronic model are maintained within Prospector so when engineering changes come along, the new data is quickly incorporated into the project and affected programs identified and re-generated as needed.

Mold making is well suited to organizing data in this manner. To produce a single mold (a job), many separately machined components are required. Each of these machined components is a organized as a separate project. Job 4958: A-Pillar Top Clamping Plate X-1 Plate A Plate B Plate Ejector Retainer Plate

Accessing all the data to properly machine a part in Prospector is as simple as choosing the project you wish to work on. Best of all, you never have to worry about losing your work. Prospector automatically saves all your work to the project.

When you're finished machining a project, return it to designated server for easy archival or for use in later machining stages.