2007 PROS-CONS.....
2007 PROS-CONS.....
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It seems to me that everything is negative about the 07 release. We are trying to decide if we should use our update/subscription whatever you call it. How much better/worse is 07 from 06? Any info would help... Thanks!
Go Honda!






RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
As with most upgrades, you'll probably need to evaluate your hardware to see if it's up to the task of increased capacity (which the software demands).
I don't recommend using 2007 unless you also install SP 1. Loads of bugs that I found, including file corruptions in large assemblies.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
That being said, '07 is much better than '06 in my opinion. The added functions (DimXpert, FeatureXpert) have made my job easier. I like the way PDMWorks has been integrated into SWExplorer. Also, the improvements to PhotoWorks and Animator are great! I'm definitely glad that I upgraded.
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Ironically, I was pushing PhotoWorks and Animator extremely hard during the time I saw the problems I had. Since then, I've upgraded to 3GB of RAM, enabled the /3GB switch, done a clean uninstall/reinstall to have only SW 2007 on my machine, and upgraded to SP 1. These items seemed to have solved the issues I was seeing (with the exception of some geometry failures for surface work done in SW 2006--not sure why that's happening).
I just had my RAM up to 2.5 GB in-use, and SW was very stable. I shut down SW and restarted to clear up some RAM and everything still looks good. That's great stability I wasn't expecting, since I was just about out of RAM doing some complex things again.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
If I were in large assemblies or complicated part files, I *might* understand but I'm working with very simplistic parts. If I'm working in a drawing and the screen saver activates, the graphics field remains black. Attempting to get the graphic to return (read: shaking my mouse, clicking, etc) locks up SW, my memory usage spikes and then everything is locked up. It's been so long since I've had any problems that I forgot that CAD stood for Control Alt Delete...
Now, while working in a sketch, SW will lock up just because...(I say that because I don't know why it's locking up).
We're going roll back to SP0.0...and, in the future, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
mirisj ... The following "note" accompanies the driver for the nVidia 2500M card.
If that problem exists, there may be unknown others for SW07. Are you using the 8429 driver.
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Try deactivating the Screen Saver. There is a known problem with that card/driver after a standby/hibernate, so it might also be affected by the screen saver.
Have you tried running previous versions of SW on that machine?
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Thanks, CorBlimeyLimey!
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Thanks for the info. This is their website http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.php I just downloaded the free version for our 2007 upgrade.
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience every time.
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
(Thanks for posting the link--I was in a hurry earlier.)
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Hello Colin,
The drivers or registry may have been corrupted . Usually uninstalling and reinstall the driver will solve the problem.
Would you please download this utility from www.drivercleaner.net and use this to remove the "NVIDIA"driver from the application.
Afterward, try to reinstall the same driver you were using before and see if that will take care of it.
Best regards,
David
NVIDIA Customer Care
I got impatient and did the uninstall/boot/reinstall process again and got the problem solved, so didn't need to use the drivercleaner program. But it appears that NVIDIA endorses it when needed.
--Colin--
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Go Honda!
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
RE: 2007 PROS-CONS.....
So if you're asking about the benefits of 2007 from 2006 (all bugs aside), you should probably check some of the items posted at the SolidWorks web site:
http://ww
There's also a What's New guide in PDF format, link found on Rob Rodriguez's blog:
http:/
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
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