AutoCad / Autodesk. Is it any wonder SaladWorks is now such a POS...
and it's only gonna get worse.
Here is the latest on SaladWorks 2006
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"It's About AutoCAD
I was struck by the number of changes to SolidWorks 2006 that mimic
additions to AutoCAD: text in a box (mtext), spell check, tables with
equations and object properties (fields), jog dimensions, design checker
(standards), and so on.
In Us vs. Them news, SolidWorks is changing the name of eDrawings, which
was an accurate but unexciting name, to DWGviewer. Uh huh. They now have
a stable of three DWG-named products to convince AutoCAD users to come
on over, the water's fine:
DWGviewer -- publish and view CAD drawings.
DWGgateway -- translate .dwg files between releases. Next up: the
ability to generate PDF files from inside AutoCAD. DWGEditor -- .dwg
file editor based on IntelliCAD. Bonus: 3-to-1 licensing, which each
license of SolidWorks gives you three licenses of DWGEditor. The
emphasis on DWG is no accident: Mr McEleney sees 2D AutoCAD users
belonging to the prime cohort of new SolidWorks customers. It's a matter
of reassurance.
SolidWorks 2006 is due out in July, or maybe even June."
When you have had more than enough of SaladWorks and want a real
CAD/CAM package from a company that does not give a flying fuck what
Autodesk is doing:
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How much more pathetic whining are we going to hear from SaladWorks
Product Loyalists before they get off their collective asses and
change to a real CAD/CAM program like they should have years ago.
jon