Does everyone hate SW2010?
Does everyone hate SW2010?
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So only one of my guys is running 2010. He's a CSWP. Hates 2010.
He feels it's like the Vista of Solidworks. I've not worked with it myself yet. But apparently there are extra steps to do stuff....almost like an "are you sure you want to do this?"
He finds it very annoying. Then apparently it tries to control where you locate dimensions. It will over-ride your placement. You have to fight with it to place it where you want....sometimes?
I know my descriptions aren't great. But is anyone else finding that 2010 is "fixing problems that didn't exist".
He feels it's like the Vista of Solidworks. I've not worked with it myself yet. But apparently there are extra steps to do stuff....almost like an "are you sure you want to do this?"
He finds it very annoying. Then apparently it tries to control where you locate dimensions. It will over-ride your placement. You have to fight with it to place it where you want....sometimes?
I know my descriptions aren't great. But is anyone else finding that 2010 is "fixing problems that didn't exist".






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There have been some major problems with x64 systems, but x32 has, I believe, been pretty stable.
FYI: Mouse Gestures and Dimension Palette can be disabled.
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My computer is currently being worked on (transferring from old laptop to new one, so i can't look it up myself. (currently on someone elses machine)
Is it fairly obvious how to disable that stuff?
And i realize you can't please everyone....but it's very important that I ALWAYS be in the group of those that are pleased! Yes...it IS all about me!
(thanks guys)
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Still haven't used all the new stuff yet.
I agree with CBL SW2010 is what SW2009 should have been.
Saves seem to be quicker in 2010 and so far we have only had one crash to desktop.
Eddy
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Mouse Gestures is easy to disable, but give it a try first. You may love it.
Dimension Palette has to be disabled via a simple registry tweak. But once again, try it first. I like the palette, and wish they would adopt it into the feature sketch instead of just the drawing mode.
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You can't make everyone happy, but there are things that users can do to help, versus just throwing a fit about the new release.
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As for the "I dont like it because it's different" thing - well what can I say? most features can be turned off, but you should try them before you do. I know people still running Windows in Classic mode because they can't/won't wrap their minds around the changed look in XP, Vista etc. (These people tend to still use 8 letter filenames too LOL.)
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One of my primary reasons for upgrading to v2010 (near future) is to take advantage of a quick, stable, 64-bit OS (still on XP, skipped Vista deliberately). So if v2010 is still choking on 64-bit Windows 7 in the near future, what's the point in upgrading (or paying for the upgrade)? Seriously, this stuff should have been ironed out one or two SPs ago. If I--as an industrial designer--am hitting the RAM ceiling in 32-bit-land, that's a sure sign the rocket-scientist/engineers are battling it. Time to move along.
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I don't use toolbars anymore except Selection Filter and Macro. Everything else is in my Cmd manager. Yeah I know its 2 clicks, but I don't have far to go to select the 2nd mouse click and less movement for me is important.
When we get to 2010 I look forward to useing in our daily activites, until then I use it home and enjoy new updates.
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People would be less likely to hate new versions if the software was more stable up-front and more people used the Beta versions. I used the Beta 2010 which worked fine on my machine as did sp0 but SP1 won't run. I need to get a windows 7 machine now so I can run sw2010+ versions also because I smartly avoided Vista and win7 blew vista out of the water.
The only problems I saw with Windows 7 and SolidWorks were because of drivers not being installed at the SW World 2010 event.
Newer Functionality:
If you don't like it turn it off. Part of this lies on SolidWorks ability to give users choices. Show your Shortcut bar, Right Click, Customize.
The default SW gestures are only suggestions not law. I personally like that I can assign create relation to a gesture because SolidWorks refuses to place it on the context bar like the dim icon. I now use a KB shortcut for this but with gestures I can roll left or right with MB3 held down and achieve either function. The View Triad can be used to set orientation easily or Shift+Arrow is another good way. A friend of mine changed CTRL+# defaults to be 1=Front 2=Right 3=Top and 4 to be Normal To which will switch looking direction. Context Toolbars from 2008 are
On the Mouse Gestures tab or General there is an option to check to enable or set to have 4 or 8 directions to assign for gestures.
Sketch:
Enable onscreen numeric input. If checked dimensions are created while you sketch. You can disable this or leave it checked and hold Alt while sketching the entity to prevent the dimension from being created.
Display/Selection:
Display scrollbars in graphics view. option was taken away in 2008 version but 50% complained so they gave the choice to them and us.
Dimensions:
If you manually move your cursor before placing the dim you should be able to avoid the tasty (Black&White) cookie icon that quickly places the dims spaced out more quickly.
By using the Beta Versions for not just trying to score points for special tasks you will most likely notice problems that can be fixed before the sp0 ones get found. I'm sure SolidWorks knows of bugs they have not addressed but they HOPE that most people don't find them. Same thing goes for companies who would rather pay to settle out of court to avoid product Recalls.
I myself am a fan of the 2010 release and from the Improvements SolidWorks is building into their future releases. I just wish they'd give me a Job in Quality Assurance so I can help them build stable product features.
One thing that SolidWorks development may want to consider is using text config files to control options. The settings currently stored in different registry settings folders require Admin Privileges which a single setting for Folder Settings can show as a single line.
Michael
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Have your "CSWP" learn the standard he selected and then he wont have to fight the program.
Just cause someone is a CSWP doesnt mean he's the end-all god of solidworks.
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