Beta SW 2006 is out

FYI

 

Okay. Let me get it out of the way before anyone else get's to it (if
I am not too late). "I cannot believe SolidWorks is putting out 2006
beta when they haven't fixed all the bugs in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002,
2001, 2000, 99, 98 Plus, 98, 97 Plus, 97....(before that I wasn't a
user). Blah Blah Blah and Waahhhhh!

I would now hope with that said we can all particpate in the Beta
program and make 2006 hopefully a strong solid release. Can we keep
this constructive! Great.

KM

 

The beta testers are a mystery bunch to me. Part of me would like to be a
beta tester, but how does one do it? Don't beta testers have jobs with work
to do? I could never risk using beta software on live jobs. I can't hardly
risk newly released software on live jobs. It would seem to me like a lot
of people are just signing up to see all the cool new feature and are just
fooling around with it for fun. It's hard to believe serous testing could
be getting done when one still has to make a living and keep the boss happy.

I also find it kind of funny that we pay service fees to have this work done
for us.

Anywho, happy beta testing people!

 

Ditto

 

Come on be at least a little realistic. I have beta tested the last 4
releases, and all I have to say is............................

what the hell else would you do between midnight and 4 a.m.?

Me

 

you forgot to say that-

1)its definitely slower than the previous release
2)some of the best goodies dangled at SWW got dropped and others are half
done
3)its not likely to be any better at sp0 than any other release

great
super
who loves you baby...
;o)

 

I hope 2006 comes out on DVD, I hate this bloody disc changing to install or
just to get a service pack on!!!!
RANT RANT RANT,!!!!
Why o why, does the help files come as a separate zip file?? doh!
Pdmworks in another file
Pdmworks client in another file
sw explorer in another file
Edrawing in another file
The list goes on!
Just one download file with all of the sp items in, and let windows
installer sort out what is required to update, with maybe just some question
tabs to tick on what you would like to update.

 

Well, the obvious answer to the all in one question is why would I want to
download an extra 200 meg of stuff I don't need? We don't have office and
so don't need a bunch of the updates, so with an a-la-carte menu, I only
take what I need.

As far as changing CD's, copy the main install to a network drive and then
install from there. That way the SP's will also look there and no flipping
necessary.

WT

 

You can get rid of the disk changing if you have more than one seat to
install by doing and administrative install. The AI also makes it
possible to go back to square one a lot easier.

 

You can do that with just one seat as well. Updating an administrative
Image is much easier than switching disks.

 

Anyone know how to does this Adminstrative Install? I uninstall and
re-install every now and then when things get funky and that would just
plain rule.

 

Go to http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/ServicePacks.html and then to
the SolidWorks Administrative Director item. This is probably what you are
looking for.

We don't use an admin image here because I don't necessarily want to update
everyone at the same time. There's a certain bit of comfort in not touching
a machine that is working fine for that user - leave it alone. It's also
handy to have more than one SP, graphics card, etc available to test
different things. But, I do copy the install cd's & the SP's onto a network
drive so I don't have to flip any cd's.

I also created a batch file to set up a new machine - it loads SW, copies
the reg settings, copies our custom templates & the custom properties text
file, and creates the folder & copies the macros into the local drive to tie
them to the hotkeys.

WT

 

Thanks a ton.