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SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

(OP)
Hi all

As an experienced CAD user and Design and Development manager, I never use the first releases of software to work.

The thing is that I've been testing SW2005 and it has some improvements with significant impact in our work.

So I am trying to compare the risks and the benefits of an imidiate transition from SW2004 to SW2005. I personally didn't detect any problem until now.

Does anyone experienced problems (speed, bugs, compatibility,..) with SW2005? How safe Sw2005 SP0 is?

Regards

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

Personally I would say 2005 is really pretty safe.  The biggest problem I have encountered is text font issues.  I use Arial Narrow font and the letters run into each other because the spacing between letters insn't correct.  Unfortunately for us this is a big enough problem to not install 2005 SP0.0 for production.  Other fonts don't seem to have as big a problem as the Arial font but updating all our current drawings and changing our templates over to use another font really isn't an option.  After using 2005 since beta 1 up until SP0.0 this is really the only issue I have found that keeps us from installing.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

The only problem I found so far is with Consigurations. If you use a DT to make Configs the Option "Suppress Features" is automatically unchecked. If you make add a Config manually that option is and should always be checked.

The other problem that I have not been able to nail down yet is with Textures and configurations. I have been finding that if I specify only certain configs have this texture, then it should only be on those configs. But out of 34 Configs, half of them have that texture applied. What makes this more strange is that not I only picked 4 configs and it changed it for say 10-12 of them. But the others are fine. If the Specify for Config didn't work then it should have made it for the configs. But that wasn't the case at all. It made for the configs I told it too, just some configs went ahead and excepted it too.

Still working on that one.

Otherwise it's stable. I have a single crash in 3-4 weeks of using it and that was the old click ahead while SW is working unhandled error.

If I think or find anymore I'll post them.

You should really test SW05 throughly! Download the Website version and run some of your models through it. Our Opinions are not going to tell you much then what we have already seen and found. You should test your products in it to make sure there are not any major bugs or flaws in your processes. You might find something that we would not see.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

I have been testing it on a laptop separate from 2004. No  problems. Still learning new features with 05. So far I like it.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

Are all of you running the downloaded version or did it start to ship on CD already?

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

I had been using the Download version since it came out. But I got my CD's yesterday and ran the Upgrade to my SW05 and it's still running good.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

Downloaded version, no CD's yet.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

Downloaded version here also.  VAR says SW2005 is shipping now!!

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

(OP)
I have the downloaded version too. I suppose that this version is identical to the CD version, except the fact that will not accept new SP's.

Regards

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

MacPT the download version will except new SP's.  All you have to do is do an update install when you recieve the cd's in the mail and you'll be good to go.  There is a bulletin about this on the SW website.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

(OP)
Thanks for the warnig rockguy. Always learning!

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

I have found one error that is causing problems.  When using parts created in 2004, the selected contours do not all come in properly for cuts & extrudes.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

I found some problems in the drawing environment which causes me to wait a few SP's.
- When working with multiple (more than 1) break lines in broken drawing views the distance between the break lines is not maintained. If the distance is set to a small value most of the breaks are overlapping.
- Explode lines in shaded drawing views can not be printed. They even do not show up when the drawing is opened view only.
- When printing solid hatches the hatches are always printed in black rather than the specified color.

Unfortunately I haven't found any workarounds for those very basic issues.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

(OP)
SW changes text position in drawing template!

Some text is shifted to the right, making it having 2 lines instead of 1. The result is a mess.

Editing the text as no efect. I need to clear the text and creat it again.

Regards

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

SolidWorks 2005 crash down, crash down and crash down.....every day, every minute. It´s my experience.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

(OP)
I never experienced a crash with SW2005. This might have to do with the fact that I didn't do any intensive modeling with this version. The experience of SBaugh is one crash per 3-4 weeks (better than what I get with sw2004).

Regards

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

I also find 2005 VERY stable

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

I also had a lot of crashes.
I observed also crashes when opening a sat file as assembly.
After several attemts to open this sat-file I recognized that 2005 is only crashing with a specific part template.
After recreating that template from an old 2004 template I did not had crashes anymore.

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?


I have not had any crashing issues, but lots of stuff with new functionality not working and SP's from 2004 not yet integrated.

The revision control through PDMWorks is a bit of a disaster.  I worked through a bunch of work-arounds with our VAR, but in general it does not work very well at all.  Whoever created the code for the revision control has probably never made a drawing before and it really shows.  If anyone out there is using the rev control let me know and I can bring you up to date with specifics.  Too many issues to write down right now and I'm waiting from feedback from the VAR and SW on a fix time.

Generally 2005 is stable, but SW corporate will be feilding questions on bugs for the next 2-3 months.

wtait

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

wtait, what are some of your issues with pdmworks 2005.
i am using the rev control in 2004 have not loaded 2005.

thanks

cliff

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

(OP)
Another problem with SW2005:

When selecting a fitting with tolerance, in a dimension,the fitting is OK but the tolerance shows +0 and -0 instead of the fitting deviations.

Regards

RE: SW 2005 SP0.0 how safe?

cliffcalgary:

The rev control in PDMWorks does not control the one on the drawing as stated.  Even though we have a numeric rev scheme configured in PDMW2005 the SW revision table defaults to the alphabetic scheme.  If you were at rev 02 in PDMWorks and added a rev to the table it would come out as rev "C" not 03 as you would expect.  The selection inside PDMW to not show the working copy in the table does not work as well....it still shows up and you have to delete it.

You have to be very procedural as well.  The revision table on the drawing does not update until after you check the document into PDMW so you can't add revision symbols until you've checked in the document for the rev you want to see.  You can either configure PDMWorks to enable you to overwrite the last revision and then force the rev to stay the same after you add the rev symbols or add a revision directly to the table.

If you add a revision directly to the table you will need to change it from a letter to a number (if using 00,01,02 etc.) and then check in the document.  When you add a revision to the table PDMW does not know you have changed the rev so you will have to make sure it is set properly on check-in.  The "Description" property in the revision table is actually the "Note" column on check in.  If you enter something directly into the table it will be overwritten upon checkin by what is placed in the Note for that file.

It basically does not work as you would think.


wtait

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