uh, bobz,
not to rain on your parade too much, but be careful with the hole chart.
there's at least on SPR out on it. I think it had to do with the incorrect hole size. (didn't feel like serching the past posts, sorry. /me lazy.)
-nick e.
bob zee quipped:
"Mr. Pickles" wrote in news:cjMab.319$ snipped-for-privacy@news2.central.cox.net:
That would be sorta nice, since we won't be able to upgrade from the downloaded sp0.0.
Hey Bob,
The hole chart feature must be 2004 (still on 2003). Sounds like a winner, more free time to make and drink beer. I'll open one up myself and think about that.
Kman
Hey There!
What people really fear is that their work life will become unmanageable. That they will somehow not be productive with the new software and so on. This might be true, depending on who your users are and how well they adapt to new things on the fly.
I laughingly have even heard things like "I need new training for the next version" - Things like this.
For an upgrade, the benefits need to outweigh the pitfalls. Historically speaking, solidworks has many strange little things that don't always work perfectly, especially with new functionality, BUT each major release that comes out is (in my opinion) always better than the last in terms of features and usability. If your userbase is suspicious, pessimistic and not adaptable, then any upgrade any time is a nightmare. If the users are quick to learn and accept that things are different, then the upgrade can be smooth.
The "rush to upgrade" might also be seen as an speedy escape from a less functional version. Essentially, you will always have those who are for and those who are against. Personally, I have usually waited
6-8 weeks to upgrade, but only after a "qualification" of the software.Upgrading early is not a foolhardy thing to do (once again my opinion), but it is always wise to have a few of your more adept users trial run the software and make sure things work well. You might be losing productivity and not getting the best bang for your buck if you wait around for six months to upgrade.
Personally, I need the auto-balloon function badly and the annoyance and time saved there alone is worth the "risk".
Tell them "It's up to us to decide what to do. While fearing the bad, don't forget to recognize the good."
Also, for anyone who wants really rock solid stable performance, I suggest a drafting board, good mechanical pencil (
Regards -
SMA
bob z. is gun-shy of hole charts anyway, so bob z. will check this thing real close. thanks for the heads-up. you don't have to even think about raining on bob z.'s parade. bob z. will forever live under a rain cloud.
bob z. has been dipping into his beer even though this batch is still in the fermenter. (8~)>
bob z. forgot to mention the autoballon feature. this is going to rock if it works. bob z. hasn't played with it yet.
funny I always thought bob z. had a specific gravity anyway.........
bob,
auto balloon is one of my favorites . . . I was surprised to find that the balloon leaders remained attached even after the view was shown in it's exploded state! (that is auto-balloon was invoked before the view was exploded)
nice
In response to your two postings in this thread - - - 1 - Hole tables sometimes reports incorrect loc. values. Not often but it is repeatable and SW has acknowledged the bug. 2 - Auto-balloon and the new BOM don't work on a second configuration in the same drawing. If only one config is present in the drawing both Auto and BOM seem to work pretty well.
Cheers (other) bob
I would tell them they are wise users.
My dealer strongly advises against putting real work into SP0. This attitude is created by Solidworks, and it is wrong to blame the user for the FUD factor [Fear Uncertainty and Doubt]
Of course, I know there will be bugs, but the big question is if the bugs will bite me. I don't do sheet metal work, or hole tables, so any problems there are not an issue. However, my sole motivation for purchasing 2004 would be the weldment feature. If that doesn't work for me, it is completely useless software.
The other problem is that it takes at least 2 months of use to really test software like this. I will have to wait until the Learning Edition of 2004 comes out so that I can completely test the water before I purchase.
I am looking at the Solidworks program because I am running from Autodesk bugs. I have been hoping that Solidworks is relying on their programming department to sell their software (via reliability) and not the marketing department. But I am not so certain of that anymore.
Joe Dunfee
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