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One Week From Now: SolidWorks 2009 MADNESS

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on July 28, 2008

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One week from NOW, yes, one week from this day we know and love as ‘Monday’, will be another day called ‘Monday’… It also happens to be the same day the veil of SolidWorks 2009 will be lifted and the lone Beta testers will be free to reveal all the goodness that is to come.

Monday, August 4th is the date. Mark your calendars. If you haven’t been a beta tester and have not had a chance to see what is new to SolidWorks 2009, here’s your chance to ask about it.

What do you want to know about?
Let’s hear from you though. Exactly what are your interested in finding out about SolidWorks 2009? This is a brand spankin’ new version of SolidWorks.

Do you want to see how something looks or how a tool works. Wondering about new toolbar icons? How fast you can turn a Solid into a Sheet Metal Part? If it does what you’ve always wanted it to do? Hit the comments!

Afterwards, mark your calendars for August 4th and keep your eyes on on the Blogs. There’s bound to be some great conversations going on. What do you want to know about?

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bigmikeo 1 month ago 1 point
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Speed Scotty I need more speed!

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Keith 1 month ago 1 point
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Will 09 be more stable and have fewer bugs? Please say yes!

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Josh M 4 weeks ago 1 point
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Yes. there I said it. :) I imagine this will be subjective, because even though I've run versions that are 'more stable' there's always someone that is having really bad issues that are not always software related. I will attempt to show how it is or isn't more stable. If there's a specific are, like large assembly or sheet metal, that you're wondering about, let me know.

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Rod_Uding 1 month ago 1 point
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Awesome, can't wait to see what new goodies have been implemented! Hopefully the interface will be more friendly.

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Josh M 1 month ago 1 point
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Yep Rod, some improvements there. anything specific that you're wondering about?

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Rod_Uding 4 weeks ago 1 point
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Since we did not get to upgrade to 2008 (We will in August), I only heard and read about almost everyone despising the new interface that came out with 2008. I hope that the uproar from that got the attention of the interface designers at SW to listen to users input and complaints to implement changes suggested by the users to make it work better.

I have no real specific improvements I am wondering about, just if the overall feel has been made better.

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Uttam Chaurasiya 3 weeks ago 1 point
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Thanks

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John 4 weeks ago 1 point
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I have not had a chance to play with 2009 a lot but I hope the Weldments feature will be expanded on. Especially how it handles cut-lists. Would be great if you could treat a weldment (or multi-body) part as an assembly - with features such as limited section cuts.

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Al Whatmough 3 weeks ago 1 point
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Hey Josh

Cograts on beeing featured in teh SolidWorks Newsletter.. you deserve it your Blog ROCKS!!!!

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mikepaauwe 3 weeks ago 1 point
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Rod, I've been using the new interface and I find it has sped things up. Once you get used to the fact that some menu items are now only icons, and learn the icon buttons, they are so much faster. So many operations are single click now.
Not everyone thinks it is bad. Sorry to hear you haven't had chance to try it for yourself yet.

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mikepaauwe 3 weeks ago 1 point
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SolidWorks 2009 Pre-Release. Monday?…We Meant Tuesday. Or was that Wednesday?
Deja Vu anyone?

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Valshnar 3 weeks ago 1 point
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Most of us just wonder one thing...will sw2009 actually work or will it be another disaster like 2008?

The best new feature -- selective open -- didn't actually work in the crunch on my massive assembly. Crashed instantly when trying to create a drawing. Over and over. Sigh.

Noteworthy achievements of SW2008:
most bug-plagued release since '96
wins the award for the WORST admin image creation process ever. (Got me to seriously consider doing all 100+ installations manually)
Created more SW hatemail within the company than the last 5 releases combined (on the plus side - inspired me to create a virtual email account to capture it all)
Pissed off more engineers in our company than any other software release...ever! Hands down. (beating out all versions of CATIA)
BIGGEST, FATTEST AND SLOWEST SW ever! Yahoo! Whatever happened to speed? My old laptop screamed along pretty well with SW2007. With 2008 it just barely runs.

By the way, what A$$HOLE came up with the special DVDs that can't be copied through any normal process? Would that be the same guy that decided not to release service packs on DVD?

My decade long love affair with SW has at last come to an end. After buying our first seats, selling it internally for year after year and coaxing along the reluctant...I'm done. I've sluffed off my thankless admin tasks to an intern. We have a seat of NX now. We'll play around with SolidEdge a bit and keep an eye on some of the new interesting products that are out. It looks like SW is now all about listing as many features as possible regardless of how many actually work.

Lots of good people and talent at SW. Wish they could breath life back into this once-great product.

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