Switching from GRIP to SNAP or NX/Open

> Have you found any conclusive information

Not here. But I have done some analysis of the differences, so I have my own opinions about how it would go. One big roadblock is that SNAP has no drafting or CAM functions, so you have to use the NX/Open functions, instead. Mixing SNAP calls and NX/Open calls is easy, but the NX/Open functions tend to be complicated. I haven't looked hard enough to find out just how complicated.

Another problem is that you need to use standard .NET functions to replace some GRIP functions (reading and writing files, for example). I suspect that people often won't realise this, so they'll waste time looking through the SNAP and NX/Open docs for functions that don't exist.

The big advantages of the switch are fairly obvious:
* Generation of programs by recording journals
* Creating modern block-based NX-style user interfaces
* Creation of newer features, like Datum Planes, Thicken, TrimBody, etc.
* A modern development environment, like Microsoft Visual Studio
* Easy access to standard programming tools, like the .NET libraries or Windows forms
* You gain skills that are useful elsewhere (outside of the NX world)