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Is version 2006 stable?

Is version 2006 stable?

Is version 2006 stable?

(OP)
I heard they re-called the beta version... So is the final release really ready? We got ours today & I told my boss to sit on it until I checked on-line to make sure it's stable. I read back 3 pages of posts & found installation issues mostly - no complaints of blatant instability... So what's the consensus?


Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2005 SP04.0 / SpaceBall 4000 FLX
Lava Lamp

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

I've only been using it for about 5 hours now.  I'll report back in a couple days.

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

Any mate problems with faces in the context of an assembly when a part is edited?  I remember that was mentioned.  Is it OK from the CD version?


Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

I've had some strange problems with mates going haywire all of a sudden.  I can't decide if it's a 2006 problem or not just yet.

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

Jeff,

The mate problems do exist in the download version but I haven't tried the cd version yet.  Its not really a mate problem.  The problem is with face ID's of mirrored or derived parts.  For some reason SW loses the ID's and this then cause mates, skeches, relations, dimensions, anything related to that ID to go dangling.  It has only happened on a few assemblies for me but when it happens it can be a real PITA.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.robrodriguez.com
SW 2005 SP4.0/SW 2006 EV

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

I had installed the cd version and have many mate errors in my assemblies. I remember this same exact issue when upgrading from 2004 to 2005. Guess I will be spending the next 2 hours re-applying mates.

Best Regards,
Jon

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Solidworks 2005 SP4.0

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

Let ne know how this goes jkSolid.  I went through re-applied the mates and other dangling problems, saved the file and closed only to have everything broken again when the file was re-opened.  The strange this is it only happens on some assemblies with my mirrored parts, not all of them.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.robrodriguez.com
SW 2005 SP4.0/SW 2006 EV

RE: Is version 2006 stable?

So far everything is good on my end as well.  I have a lot of graphic elements missing during design, but that may be my graphics card or drivers (just updated last night after a year)--so things may be OK for my FX 500.

I severely crashed a complex animation last night--very frustrating--but I think I was pushing things beyond their intended use.  So now I'm back to more basic steps in the animation process.  (Hundreds of parts in an assembly with some parts moving on moving parts, etc.)

Back to the animation. ..


Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

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