Advice from a Beta Tester

Arlin Sandbulte quipped:

yeah.

saw that today now that i've had some time to really look thru it some more. quite nice.

Jerry Steiger quipped:

actually, that is one of my fav's.

--nick e.

more observations:

mostly in drawing mode. only gotten to play with assys & parts briefly. hard to do when I don't have a new project to use exclusively in 2004.

-Still can't decide on speed. Some things seems quicker, some seem slower (working 100% local files). Overall seems like a wash so far. but i did have 2001+ and 2004 open at the same time. So I'll hold off on this one. All parts are converted when saved too-->no native 2004 files.

-Mouse wheel zoom works in drawings!!

-I think i like the command manager toolbar. Will take some adjusting too. I definately see the use for it: save screen space. Still haven't found how to make those buttons smaller tho...

-Found display problem finally: shaded with edges. No like with edges.

-Why the hell can't I have more than one line of text ABOVE my dimension text?!?? In fact, why do there need to be (3) different text boxes for dim text anyways? AutoCAD way much better. This one's bugged me for quite some time. Which leads me to the next point...

-You can justify dimension text!! woo-hoo! finally. Even up-and-down justify!

-Look like they finally fixed the problem where all the buttons grey-out after certain operations (RMB->View mates--->delete a mate in 2001+)

-Aww, how cute! They even have a window for Clippy!!

-Measuring: Finally! A perpetual set of axes that stays in the viewport!! I still want to see the measure tool use positive and negative directions tho.

-$LimitMates = $GoodThing + $Hella_cool;

-Can't CTRL-drag a new instance of a part by grabbing the part? It works if you drag it in from the design tree, but not from the viewport. PR, so I assume this'll work again by release time.

-HOLY SHIT!!!! EXPORT TO PDF!!!! (Note that this does not eliminate the need for your SAMBA server tho.) :)

-You can resize the save-file dialog box!

-I definately like the "Mates In " list.

-Gear mates good.

-nick e.

RMB command manager, deselect 'show description' - returns icons to normal size. Don't forget to try this with the manager down the lhs...