Pro/Desktop Express (Service Pack 1)

At www.prodesktop.net there is a download for Pro Desktop Express
(Service Pack 1) which apparently resolves a long standing problem
with PDEx v8.0

Actually, I'm new here so I'm not familiar with the problem that has
caused "so much grief" according to the comment on the www.prodesktop
home page - could someone give me a quick resume of what it was

Can someone confirm that this works. Anyone installed this
successfully yet - does it do the trick?

I downloaded the Pro/D Express program from www.ptc.com a couple of
weeks ago now - can I assume that this is NOT the 'fixed' version - is
there an easy way to check - is the only remedy to download the whole
33Mb file - I take it there's no 'patch' available from ptc.

If I install the new version (SP1) will I need a new activation key?

I'm enjoying my evaluation of Pro/D X but being new to 3D modelling I
must say I don't find it particularly intuitive. However, the
tutorials referred to in this group and elsewhere have been a great
help.
Thanks in advance.

 

: At www.prodesktop.net there is a download for Pro Desktop Express
: (Service Pack 1) which apparently resolves a long standing problem
: with PDEx v8.0
:
: Actually, I'm new here so I'm not familiar with the problem that has
: caused "so much grief" according to the comment on the www.prodesktop
: home page - could someone give me a quick resume of what it was
:
<snip>

Actually, there is a discussion thread on this top on prodesktop.net under
Discussions, ProD Q&A which will probably answer most of your questions. They have
some other interesting stuff, as well, like the only technical description of
graphics functions which cards should have to fully utilize Pro/D's OpenGL
programming. Demystifies the whole business. Big brother Pro/E could use a bunch
more of that.

David Janes