SW 2009 SP 0 is out
SW 2009 SP 0 is out
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I am showing that SW09 has been released to the public today.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I was hoping for another couple of days, if not weeks, to plan my implementation timeline.
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 08 x64, SP 4.0
SW 09 x64, BETA 1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Interesting. Thanks, Scott! And if anyone installs and uses SP0.0, I'd like to hear what you think and if you find any snags.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 08 x64, SP 4.0
SW 09 x64, BETA 1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 08 x64, SP 4.0
SW 09 x64, BETA 1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
The connecting to the website was slow, but that could be due to the amount of traffic people that are downloading and installing the software last night and today.
Its going good so far outside of that message.
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 08 x64, SP 4.0
SW 09 x64, BETA 1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Flores
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 08 x64, SP 4.0
SW 09 x64, SP 0.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
If you're looking for a few bugs Matt I can have my in house API programmer write you a quick macro that pops up random, meaningless error messages, just so it feels more like some of the older SW product.
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 08 x64, SP 4.0
SW 09 x64, SP 0.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I really only use 09 for photoworks and photoview360 at the moment.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Thanks for the help. That was an editing error, I think. need = find.
However, thanks for the idea. I might create such macros and add-ins for the pranksters out there and make them available on my site. This might be a whole new area!
I did something like this as a joke for ACAD 13 back in the 90's. I created a small .exe to replace the main acad.exe, so when the user would run ACAD, a fake menu screeen popped up. When someone selected an option, it would snipe back with an insult or refusal to do the task.
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I looked at the SW site to double check my video card and driver for 09 and it's not listed as having been tested. That's another reason for me to wait. In the past the nVidea driver was not the same as the Dell driver.
I'm anxious to play with the new toys, just not in a rush for new problems.
Harold
SW2008 SP4.0 OPW2008 SP1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP3
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Disappointed in a few things.
Laughed at the claiming of support for dual monitors when of the left hand feature/property/config manager that takes up large real estate on the left side, you can now undock the property manager. Unfortunately the feature/config manager cannot be undocked so there is no gain to real estate for the model window.
Dimexpert is still totally useless for something as simple a machined shaft. Some dimensions ONLY appear in top annotation view, unfortunately in top view the geometric function boxes appear at 90 degrees to the dimension text, and custom text position, to make leader text horiz or vertical is non functioning in top view.
Stability is nice. The magnifying glass is nice.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I know the region isn't in great shape as far the economy (how's that for understatement?) but the SW booth a few years ago was at least four times the size with Add-In parteners displayed as well. That was where I first saw OptisWorks. This year it was about the size of three cubicles. Bummer.
Harold
SW2008 SP4.0 OPW2008 SP1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP3
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Flores
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
The number of crashes seems the same as with 2008 or greater. It has probably crashed about ten times over this period.
There were issues in trying to set the colours of the various parts and have these appearance settings appear in the various assemblies. I'm a mechanical engineer working on heavy industrial plant for mine sites. The colouring doesn't need to be too fancy. My approach is to set the various colours and textures in the parts and have these appear in the various sub-assemblies and assemblies that the parts appear in.
Tryng to apply colours to the various parts and assemblies seems to be hit and miss. I found the help given regarding selected gometry in the property manager is confusing. Under 'selected geometry', what is 'componenet level' and a 'part document'. Apparently these have different meanings in an assembly and a part. I get different things happening at different levels of the part in an assembly for the same operation. Sometimes the triangle that appears in the display pane under 'appearance' is on top, indicating the colour was applied to the assembly, and sometimes it appears on the bottom, indicating it was applied to the part and sometimes the change to the setting unexpectedly clears the colour from the part or assembly.
That leads me to the first major problem. If I cleared the overiding appearance settings for an assembly, ie. the settings for the assembly listed at the top of the feature tree, then I was unable to save the file. A message appeared on the screen saying that the file could not be saved. Our VAR is looking into the problem. Coupled with that in another copy of this assembly part I am unable to clear the colour setting in the assembly.
The other mjor problem involved mirroring a part in an assembly. To do this you're supposed to work through three steps in the property manager. I could only get to the second step. The third step was greyed out. To get this to work I had to back track to the first step and then click the green arrow.
Machine specifications:
Hewlett Packard XW4600, 64 bit, Windows XP, 8GB ram, Nvidia Quadro FX 1700.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Yes. I am running it that way, both SWX2008-SP4.0 and SWX2009-SP0.0
- - -Updraft
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I opened up an assembly comprising several parts and a message appears on the dialogue box that says 'Drawing problem dangerous lack of resources.' The program would then typically crash. This happened a number of times.
I listed my specifications above which are as good. I am also using an Intel E6850 Core 2 Duo processor. I managed to get a simple part to open without the program crashing.
I would be interested to hear other feedback on this software.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I have had better luck opening models by RMB the file in Windows Explorer, then selecting Open With.
I love the package, it works well for my needs. It still has rough edges that I suspect will be addressed in the future.
I have a blog post about PhotoView 360 and also some renders posted at http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Harold
SW2008 SP4.0 OPW2008 SP1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP3
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Regards,
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RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I did have more success using the rendering add-in in SolidWorks. I have SW premium.
I'd prefer it if they didn't send out half baked software. Users are feeling jaded about the problems with colouring and textures so to put out this package in its present form is another slap in the face.
Had another five crashes using 2009 today. In one case it occured twice when I opened a single simple part. Tried to Rx the issue but then it stopped crashing. It was also unstable when using routing and doing simulations.
I did have a chance to use the speed pak briefly and in concept at least it seems a good think and should make bigger models more managable.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 4.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
From what I have been told if you read the License agreement it does state to not use the Sp0 for production type work.
I have used SW09 and for the most part its very stable... some people will have problems than others... I guess this is your year, until you get better drivers or maybe a new install.
Regards,
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RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
The video card driver I'm using is the latest for my machine. I am aware that the Beta versions are not intended for real work. Wasn't aware of that for the SP0.
There seems to be, among other things, issues when converting mesh types in a Simulation study. In one study it changed by itself. If I change the mesh type, say a beam to a solid, the software crashes. After it has crashed in this way it crash every time I try to open the file. If I open the part file first then open the assembly it doesn't crash. Be interested to hear of other users with the same problems.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I've reinstalled windows desktop search at the suggestion of the VAR and removed and reinstalled 2009 also at the VAR suggestion. We'll see what happens.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Regards,
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Harold
SW2008 SP4.0 OPW2008 SP1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP3
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
When I then opened a study for a drop test (Simulation Professional) I found that the surface did not appear in the component list. Not sure why this would be the case.
Still having problems opening past Simulation studies. I may have discovered a novel way around the problem though. If you open a part without a study and then open a part with the study the program doesn't crash - at least not so far.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Regards,
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RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Production
Pack
SP (in terms of "Service Pack")
Initial
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Harold
SW2008 SP4.0 OPW2008 SP1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP3
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Still, Rich Welch says, "I do believe that we can and will deliver SP5 quality in SP0." That might cause some pain in the near future. We'll wait and see--it would certainly be great.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
I asked the question awhile back in this thread and no one has responded to my question.
"Has anyone tested SW2009 with PDMWorks Workgroup? Is there a new server software version?"
I would just like to know if there's any issues.
Thanks
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 4.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
This thread has already gone off-topic enough. You might have better luck with responses by starting a new thread.
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
RE: SW 2009 SP 0 is out
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 4.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer