Can you feel it in your bones and tendons and fingers that just pressed the installation button for SolidWorks 2009 SP 4.0? I know you can. And if you’re one of the lucky companies that haven’t laid-off everyone, shut down and stopped your SolidWorks subscription service, you can download SolidWorks 2010 Beta right now.
You can get a little bit of an idea of what you’ll see in SolidWorks 2010 from the SolidWorks World 2010 Preview. Of course, the number one enhancement request last year was to “Increase program stability”. Will that somehow get worked in somehow?
By the way, if you have lost your job, you can try out SolidWorks 2010 Beta via the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package – Thanks for the reminder Mr. Micheal Grant!
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Thats pretty exciting news.. but then again I'm still working in '08
…We're a little slow in the upgrade process
Mouse gestures. I want me some mouse gestures in SolidWorks.
Regarding:
“By the way, if you have lost your job, you can try out SolidWorks 2010 Beta via the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package – Thanks for the reminder Mr. Micheal Grant!”
How would we go about downloading the 2010 Beta as a Stimulus Package user?
So how do you get it? I checked the box for beta, but I haven't received an invitation from SW.
I recall the actual Beta email going out at least a week after it had been
put up in previous years. I imagine it helps with download. I'd go on to the
beta site and grab it. I have heard of some people having issues with the
SWIM, so be warned.
All I want is a Mac OS X version. I don't care if they stop Windows development for 2 years.
If SWx would enter the OS X market, they'd rule it with an iron fist for at least a decade.
As much as I'd like to see this happen it never will.
Solidworks is a Microsoft platinum partner which means they're joined at the hip.
Could SW successfully port to OS X? I believe they could, but until Microsoft's market share has a very significant drop it ain't happening.
Thanks for the reply, Dave!
Professional 3D is Microsoft's ball to fumble, and I'm very confident they will drop it sooner or later. Apple's work on Snow Leopard might skew that more toward the “sooner.” What I want is for my favorite modeling software to get to the new world ahead of the other guys, so we can benefit from the head start. There's a whole market to be made. It'll be like a frontier land-grab, and the late arrivals will look like fools.
If SolidWorks would go OS X, I'd be surprised if Apple didn't assign a few of their talented peeps to making sure that SolidWorks takes advantage of all the amazing core APIs of OS X.
The new Snow Leopard is going to be a stunner. I have a strong hunch that the murmur from the 3D modeling community (from folks like you and me) will rise to a din when people begin to understand the power available to both the user and developer.
As much as I shudder to think about it, PTC may have an advantage in the OS X race, given that they were never really on Windows anyway. That kludge of Unix-on-Windows that made it so ridiculous could pretty easily be switched over to Unix-on-Unix. I just wish I wasn't so underwhelmed with their software.
Your thoughts?
“Professional 3D is Microsoft's ball to fumble”
No, I think the entire computing ecosystem is Microsoft's to fumble. Vista is mediocre at best and Windows 7, actually 6.2, is more of the same. I think the only things Microsoft has going for it right now is complacency and commodity hardware.
People are comfortable with Windows. It's “good enough”. I only know two people who genuinely like Windows and one of them works for Microsoft. The rest of us tolerate it.
Several weeks ago my sister was complaining to me about her computer. My response was, “Buy a Mac.” But she'll never do it because she doesn't want to learn a new OS. I get that response from a lot of people.
The other problem is hardware. Apple doesn't sell cheap hardware and Microsoft is capitalizing on this with their laptop shoppers commercials. If you do a side by side comparison between Apple and other brands you'll find that Apple computers are competitivly priced. But people don't do that. They see the $500 HP and the $2,500 Apple and pick the HP because they're looking for “good enough”.
Also, Apple doesn't have a strong workstation option. Their video card offerings in the Mac Pro are weak.
If people would realize that two things are true then Microsoft would lose significant marketshare in a short amount of time:
-You get what you pay for.
-You can teach an old dog new tricks.
“What I want is for my favorite modeling software to get to the new world ahead of the other guys, so we can benefit from the head start.”
I heartily concur.
Dave, I agree with all you've written.
I've resolved myself to moving the beach one sand grain at a time. My method of evangelism to my colleagues is one of enthusiasm and excitement. They've grown deaf to the “Windows sucks” refrain, and have grown to live with it as one would a chronic limp. Instead, I'm showing them what I've been doing on my Macs, and how easy it is to transition between OSes. (How the heck is that spelled, anyway?)
I think that we're going to see the boundaries breaking down as more and more young engineers and designers come into the market. They're incredibly tech savvy, and ruthless in their demand for excellence in their hardware and software. This is the playing field that Apple is most comfortable on. Windows seems to know only inertia and FUD.
Thanks again for the replies. A little validation now and then is nice.
I'm currently an out of work design engineer and used Dassault's CATIA at my previous job. I'm trying to download the stimulus package to try to learn Solid Works to make me more marketable. I'm having trouble downloading the software. I followed the link above and when I get to the download page, it just lists the two 3.0 service packs for 32 and 64 bit machines but I don't get a pop up window to start the download or anything else. I get an “error on page” icon in the lower left hand corner. I tried contacting a representative from the original site I found this through and who sent me the 90 day trial product key and they mentioned Dassault was having some issues with a java error on the download page. Just wondering if anyone else has had this trouble and could give me any information on starting the download. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Hey Josh, sorry about the delay. You may want to try getting a hold of a VAR in your area. They could get you through all the download mess. If you can get any help, give me a hollar josh@solidsmack.com and I'll see what I can do.
Pardon my ignorance but what is a VAR and how might I go about getting some contact information for them. Thanks in advance.
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