Comments on: One Week From Now: SolidWorks 2009 MADNESS

By: Darkfall forum

Darkfall forum — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:03:05 +0000

Disaster incoming…

By: uo gold

uo gold — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:53:49 +0000

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

By: Valshnar

Valshnar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:41:51 +0000

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.

By: mikepaauwe

mikepaauwe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:50:57 +0000

SolidWorks 2009 Pre-Release. Monday?…We Meant Tuesday. Or was that Wednesday?
Deja Vu anyone?

By: Al Whatmough

Al Whatmough — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:36:04 +0000

Hey Josh

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

By: Uttam Chaurasiya

Uttam Chaurasiya — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:46:15 +0000

Thanks

By: Rod_Uding

Rod_Uding — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:51:08 +0000

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.

By: John

John — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:49:13 +0000

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.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:18:05 +0000

Will 09 be more stable and have fewer bugs? Please say yes!

By: bigmikeo

bigmikeo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:20:48 +0000

Speed Scotty I need more speed!