SW2004 shaded views w/surfaces not working properly!!

SW Corp,

Who's doing the beta testing??? That's right, the PAYING USERS!!!!

What a TOTAL **** UP!!!!

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Who's doing the beta testing???

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Subject: Re: New thinking in SW....
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Date: 2003-08-15 16:16:31 PST

"I just got done doing Beta for 2004. I used LIVE data in a REAL world mold
environment. I know I contributed to this new release which IMO overall
kicks butt.

Bing "

jon

 

Good damn thing you werent testing it swami beaver or there would be more
problems than ever. Of course loading the proggie would be an insurmountable
issue for you.

Of course ya got nothing to contribute other than to try and discredit
people. Once agin you show yer ass and it aint a pretty sight. Git that
broom out and keep gittin them chips away from people that are actually
working for a living.
Thats yer job aint it?

Bing

 

Kman, I tested the product and I still have some issues with it. Most of
them have been noted by SW corp and by other users like yerself. I dont work
for them so I am not privy to how they are internally dealing with some of
the bugs.

All I can say is that for what I do (designing plastic injection molds) is
that I found it to be much easier to use than previous versions for mold
design. Now, I dont do alot of surfacing like Paul does so I cant really
comment on that as well as Paul. He's obviously pissed.
There was some issues I had that were addressed when I brought them up. Some
of them to me were just terrible mistakes, others were not as high on the
problem list.

But I did use live data and I did actually produce about 5 or more molds in
that time period using SW. I was faster in getting out designs and I had no
problems with getting art to part with any beta except 3 IIRC.

The biggest issue I have now is that I get SW terminated errors that I hope
they fix soon.

Now if you have specific questions about some of the errors in SW, I'd be
happy to address if they were ones that I noticed. Thats called discourse.
What Swami Beaver is doing is unproductive at best.

He dont like me and I kinda like it that way.

Take care,
Bing

 

Well at least you are using it.

I dont use the mold tools. I do things differently. Sure I have some
problems with SW but it isnt enough to affect me to the point where I cannot
operate efficiently.


Now JB.... He has problems with Etch-A-Sketch.

ciao
Bing

 

Thats probably pretty accurate. Then again nobody is twisting the beta
testers arms either and you do get a slight leg up on being able to view and
comment on a future release.

Also, who would you rather pick to do beta? Somebody who uses the software
or someone like JB that knows jack about it other than what he reads from
press releases?

It would be nice to get some reimbursement other than some goodies for
submitting the most problems though.

Problem reports and comments are tracked so it should be pretty easy to see
who is actually testing the software, the seriousness of the bugs they
report and the comments for new enhancments and such.

Bing

 

"SW saves and pockets some serious cash using free beta
testers."

SolidWorks Corp. save much more with an R&D budget that
comes nowhere close to someone like think3. Further,
SolidWorks Corp relies much to heavily on third part
component vendors to do *all the work* for them.

"I don't actually know how many hours a beta tester spends
on a release"

You tell me if enough time was spent by the beta tester
below. Based on what he posted and his utter lack of
understanding of many of the real world problems in
SolidWorks the answer is clear to me... not nearly enough.

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From: Bing ()
Subject: Re: New thinking in SW....
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Date: 2003-08-15 16:16:31 PST

"I just got done doing Beta for 2004. I used LIVE data in a
REAL world mold environment. I know I contributed to this
new release which IMO overall kicks butt.

Bing "


jon

 

"It would be interesting to hear from some of the beta testers about the
existing problems in 2004."

We already heard from one "beta tester".

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From: Bing ()
Subject: Re: New thinking in SW....
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Newsgroups: comp.cad.solidworks
Date: 2003-08-15 16:16:31 PST

"I just got done doing Beta for 2004. I used LIVE data in a REAL world mold
environment. I know I contributed to this new release which IMO overall
kicks butt.

Bing "


jon

 

WOW look at those #'s $4 LARGE ones.

 

Yeah, I would guess they saved at least $1 million a quarter or $4
million a year from users prior to opening up the beta process for the
2.5K users... ..

And, you can try and guess what their profits are from that new help
now...?

They are getting plenty of profits from their free help and free ideas!?

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"I don't think for a second the other CAD companies are any
better and some worse."

Perhaps you should think for more than a second about what
you wrote above because there certainly are CAD/CAM companies
who are *far better* than Solidworks at releasing properly tested software
and who do take beta testing very seriously.

jon

 

Why dont you go beta test yer new seamless, hybri broom a bit?


Bing