2010 video rant 1

[swforge]

Hi all,
I received the note from our VAR containing a slew of videos introducing 2010. I mean really, these videos show guys whipping thru stuff, animations showing entire machine operations and the usual "best possible condition" for the software to run in. I understand it is for sales but come on, does anyone really fly thru stuff with the apparent lack of real effort! I have a fairly hot machine with a load of years experience and I find some of the stuff too good to be true and highly unlikely in day to day design work. I couldnt even get a simple cam to move a linkage witout the herky-jerkyness let alone some of the stuff in the video.
Does look really good though!!
Sorry for the rant

 

[KrisCADD]

Funny, I'm sure they practice the same thing over and over until everything's optimal. So by the time they're recording it, it appears easy smooth and lightning quick!

 

[MikeHalloran]

Even without a lot of practice, demos and tutorials are always organized in a linear fashion. ... unlike the way we think. ... or at least, unlike the way _I_ think.

Just today, I generated a model, then decided I wanted to shell some of the primitives, then decided I wanted to shell some _other_ primitives, differently. SW didn't like the order in which I (re)defined the primitives, using the rollback bar, etc.

Tomorrow maybe I will understand why it's having a problem, but it may be faster to start again and do the whole thing the way SW likes it. I really hate being driven by my tools.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[KevinDeSmet]

This is true, with great power comes less flexibility. The best way to manage an assembly could come at the cost of animation, the fastest way to model a part could come at the cost of ease-of-editability and so on...

Although partially inevitable, I do feel this is an area that needs work in all MCAD software!

CSWP-Surf