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As of late I think you have been pretty fair about it. I thought the
question about you remembering I have been no big fan of Pro/E was fair
and calling me on why do I suddenly think the next release of Pro/E
Wildfire is a big deal is certainly very legit. Joe Dunne's comments on
think3's marketing are legit as well.... the problem is that think3 has
*much better surfacing software talent* than SolidWork does. think3 also
spends a lot more on R&D for surfacing. SolidWorks instead tries to be
more Autodesk like and spends a disproportionate amount of their time
and money on being more Autodesk like.

I don't agree that the direction that SolidWorks has taken for
development for many years now (100 percent focus on Autodesk) is the
right direction and I feel it's a big reason why SolidWorks has lost
their focus and why the current software doesn't work well at things
like top down design. (This according to a regular poster here who you
have implied you respect.)

Joe Dunne would argue it's resulted in SolidWorks market
domination (I would agree). I would argue that SolidWorks market
domination came at a big price, Bing.

SolidWorks marketing focus has had major drawbacks in how SolidWorks
performs and is able to deal with many real world situations. Joe Dunne
doesn't have the balls to own up to that and neither do most of the
product loyalists in this newsgroup. Joe Dunne once admitted in this
newsgroup that think3 spent too much money on R&D and felt this would
cause think3 to go broke. I don't agree.

IMO, in order for SolidWorks to truly get better at surfacing and solid
integration that they need to shift their focus and change their
marketing plan. The chances of this happening are between slim and none.

If PTC has done their homework and has learned from their many past
mistakes, I do believe that Wildfire 3 can be what SolidWorks isn't. I
see a delay in releasing Wildfire 3 as a good move as it needs a lot of
work to be as user friendly as SolidWorks. In addition, PTC has an even
bigger task than SolidWorks Corp. as PTC writes their own CAM package
and my understanding is that the Wildfire UI is still not used in
Pro/NC.

Sorry you lost me.


jon

 

Executive summary: Liked it so much, he bought the company
http://www.nndb.com/people/147/000056976/

It's not like you can actually use it. Or anything.

 

Something else you don't use.
Quite an amazing list, actually.

Your opines are worthless (and often
stolen).

 

I raised hell with my var and with SWx when I was unable to attend. The
final resolution was this: About 3 years ago, I was getting 4-10 "offers"
of various cad video cards a week which annoyed me quite a bit.

I "opted out" of one of the more prolific e-mail notices that I was
getting. Apparently the opt-out made no deference as to the type of e-mail
that was stopped, and all e-mail from solidworks was effected. I notice now
that the preferences ( I don't think it did at the time ) allows you to set
what type of e-mail you do and do not receive.

 

on reflection you didn't miss much....certainly not worth the cost of the
phone call to the US from NZ on my latest bill... (
if you have made it to the level of Ed's curvy stuff - and SW owe him a lot
for those since they have never come up with something themselves to educate
users about how best to use their tools or what's happening under the
hood -I don't know that there is much more to know about the present set
anyway...you just need to use them in the most creative way to maintain the
best continuity you can....and keep it simple... if that's possible. ;o)

 

CLUE: AutoCad has been 3D for a LONG time.

 

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:27:59 +0000 (UTC), jon banquer

/NEW BUZZWORD WARNING

 

How many reside inside that pointed head?
Oops .... forgot ... YOU cannot use it ....

Too few ads & buzzwords?

LMAO !!