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Using any software involves some degree of trust in the vendor. Using the Cloud requires a much higher level of trust. Autodesk boss Carl Bass is a maker of carefully crafted things, so I’ll use that as an analogy. Using standalone software requires the sort of trust that a maker has in a tool [...] In the post Cloud benefits – collaboration, I asked for people’s real-life experiences using, or attempting to use AutoCAD WS. In particular, I’d like to hear about you using its features to collaborate with others, which is a major selling point of the Cloud. As the other post hasn’t seen any replies yet, I’ve [...]  20 October 2011, 11:06 am | Comments are closed | Tags: AutoCAD WS, Cloud, Collaboration | Category: AutoCAD WS, Cloud, Comments, Web Stuff Early last year, I ran a poll to gauge your feelings about CAD in the Cloud. Here are the results of that poll: As you can see, the poll response bell curve was clearly biased toward the frightened end of the spectrum, and there was little in the way of excitement at the [...] One of the more interesting things about running a blog that is visited by a reasonable number of people is the fan mail. My immense modesty prevents me from keeping visible the thousands of positive comments that are posted here, but I thought I would give you an idea of the sort of praise [...] 10 October 2011, 12:18 pm |  12 comments | Tags: Cluelessness, Spam | Category: Comments, Fun, Grammar, Web Stuff Using your suggestions and a few of my own, I have added two polls for you to select what are, in your opinion, the best and worst features ever added to AutoCAD. To help us find The Answer, there are 42 items in each poll, from which you can choose up to three. A few [...] Audience participation time, I think. A comment on one of AutoCAD 2012′s new features recently set me thinking about what were the worst features ever introduced to AutoCAD. That in turn got me thinking about what were the best. I’ll keep my opinions to myself for a while, as I’d like your input and [...] Do you have a 3DConnexion device (3D ‘mouse’) and use it in AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based products? What do you think of the way it works in the most recent releases of AutoCAD? From AutoCAD 2011 on, Autodesk provided built-in support for these devices. Has that made things better or worse than in earlier releases? [...] 29 April 2011, 11:09 am | 8 comments | Tags: 3D Mouse, 3DConnexion | Category: 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2011, AutoCAD 2012, Comments, Customer Service, Other Autodesk Products, Other Products As you have probably noticed, I have changed the theme used on this blog. You may see some more minor changes to the layout over the next few days. If there’s anything you don’t like about the new theme, please say so. 21 April 2011, 8:53 pm | 8 comments | Tags: Blog Layout, Theme | Category: Announcement, Comments, Web Stuff One of the things that most pleases me about this blog is the amount of comments it gets. I’m sure there are several AutoCAD-related blogs that are much more frequently visited than this one, especially the Autodesk ones. However, I’m not aware of another AutoCAD blog with the volume of comments I see here. [...] 4 April 2011, 10:38 am | 14 comments | Tags: Comments | Category: Comments, Navel Gazing, Other Blogs I am considering the following pricing model for ClassicArray™ when it’s released: Individual licenses: $12 Up to 20-user license: $100 Up to 50-user license: $200 Up to 100-user license: $300 Unlimited site license: $500 Prices in US$, payment by PayPal, delivery by download only. Australian purchasers would have to pay 10% GST on top [...] The term “stability” is sometimes used as a euphemism to refer to how many bugs a program has. I don’t use the word in that way. To me, stability is a measure of a program’s basic ability to keep functioning without crashing or corrupting data. A program can have a thousand tiny irritating bugs [...] 24 September 2010, 10:57 am | 36 comments | Tags: Crash, Data corruption, Stability | Category: AutoCAD, Bug, Comments, Other Autodesk Products From time to time, I have been known to be critical of companies, products, policies, publications, and even people (although I do try to “play the ball, not the man”). If somebody objects to what I write here, what can they do about it? They have several possible options. Post a comment in direct response to [...] Autodesk’s linking app to allow iThings to connect to Project Butterfly is called AutoCAD WS. Never mind the “AutoCAD”, that’s just there to confuse matters. What does the “WS” stand for? William Shatner, perhaps? There’s no official answer, but I thought it might be fun to run a contest for the most appropriate and/or [...] You may remember a month ago I raised the question What proportion of Autodesk customers really are on Subscription? Shortly after that, I sent Autodesk Subscription VP Callan Carpenter these questions following up on the interview: I have a request for follow-up information arising from this interview. I hope you can find the time [...] 29 July 2010, 10:32 pm | 5 comments | Tags: Callan Carpenter, Interview, Subscription | Category: Autodesk, Comments, Customer Service, Interview, Subscription Any Internet resource that allows public comment has to deal with spam. Fortunately, Akismet takes care of the vast majority of the spam on this blog so I don’t have to worry about it. Most spam is just moronic and I’m saddened that there are still some people around who are clueless enough to [...] The Autodesk discussion groups have quite a few problems at the moment, which I will discuss at length in future. One unnecessary problem that has been added to the mix is censorship. Having praised Autodesk in the past for allowing discussion to go unhindered, it’s only fair to slam heavy-handed moderation when I see [...] 28 June 2010, 1:24 pm | 9 comments | Tags: Censorship, Discussion groups, Educational version, Plot Stamp, Rant | Category: Autodesk, Cadalyst, Comments, Customer Service, Fail, Rant, Spin, Thoughts, Web Stuff On 4 June 2010, Autodesk turned off NNTP access to its discussion groups as part of the process of updating its software to use a different engine (the new one is from Lithium – here are its own forums). I am preparing a large post about what I think of the new web interface, [...] 11 June 2010, 12:00 pm | 10 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Discussion groups, Newsgroups, Polls | Category: Autodesk, Comments, Customer Service, Polls, Web Stuff A couple of days ago, my web hosting server was down. This is pretty unusual with the hosting company I use, but these things can happen to the best from time to time. This site was up again after a couple of hours, during which I received the excellent customer service that is par [...] 7 May 2010, 11:18 am | 3 comments | Tags: Comments, Downtime, Web Hosting | Category: Comments, Customer Service, Web Stuff In a comment in response to my AutoCAD 2011 Help system is not popular post, Autodesk’s Diane Serda acknowledged the problems, offered apologies and posted a link to a CHM version of the Help. From Diane’s comment: We have posted the zip file for download here: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?id=15068206&siteID=123112&linkID=9240618 Instructions: 1. Download the AutoCAD2011CHMHelp.zip to your [...] 28 April 2010, 2:27 pm | 7 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2011, Autodesk, Documentation, Help, Listening | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2011, Autodesk, Comments, Customer Service, Web Stuff |
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How good is Autodesk at the Internet?
It goes without saying that any company that intends to win at CAD on the Cloud had better be pretty darn good at doing Internet stuff. So, does Autodesk qualify?
There’s a poll on the right and your comments are welcome.