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Comment on AutoCAD on Linux - Video by df82drafter

df82drafter — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:59:44 +0000

there is no linux distro of autocad he ported a windows instal onto linux and probally used wine or crossover. have better luck with running vbox in com mode, wouldnt recommend unless your a die hard linux fan. which i would think they already would be doing that.

Comment on Autodesk and Bentley - kiss, kiss! by Robert

Robert — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:41:31 +0000

This is good news for people who are starting to wonder if they need a second CAD option.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by Tim English

Tim English — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:08 +0000

fixed (made possible!) the ability to get an Object ID in VLisp, which was broken in the ACAD2008 x64. Useful for adding fields to refer to entities created in VLisp.

Comment on AutoCAD 2009 - How do you use the Ribbon? by zachary

zachary — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:35:15 +0000

hi, gud day, my name is Mr. Zachary Olavere, i just want to ask if its ok that, can i have a tutorial of autocad 2009?, i just want to know and study this course. Please email me at my YM account, lhazzy_bhone03@yahoo.com, thank’s and godbless…

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by AutoCAD Designer

AutoCAD Designer — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:36:32 +0000

Actually, I’ve never tried it so far. I want to try that.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by Brian Benton

Brian Benton — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:57:59 +0000

My two favorite features in AutoCAD 2009 are the real time Layer Manager, and the Action Recorder. I use both of them when ever I work.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by velo

velo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:03:03 +0000

There is nothing that I like about 2009 version.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by metis

metis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:16:05 +0000

nothing is faster.

layer manager open is great, but it takes so much longer to refresh than “apply” in 08, that i rarely use it.

the advanced recover is great, but the file writing change that brought it about is a nightmare.

i suspect that if 09 ran at close to the 08 speed i’d be using the macro recorder all over the place.

right now, 09 is relegated to background plotting on one core while i work in 08. it does a bang up job.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by Dan Messenger

Dan Messenger — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:02:59 +0000

I love the fact that I can leave the layer manager open on my other screen while working on drawings.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by Robert

Robert — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:17:41 +0000

Apologies in advance for this one:

I really enjoy using the AutoCAD 2009 “Recover” command which is needed to open about half of my drawing files now.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by Matt Anderson

Matt Anderson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:13:01 +0000

I love the fact that 2009 has recovered some of my problem files from 2008.

Comment on What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009? by Chris Cowgill

Chris Cowgill — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:40:43 +0000

I like the ability to have extra screen real estate. the menu browser allows me to hide the menus that I rarely use, and the smaller undocked toolbars allow me to place my control pulldowns in locations I couldnt in previous releases.

Comment on AutoCAD 2009 - Putting things back to “normal” by Karla Palacios

Karla Palacios — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:53:36 +0000

Thank you so much for the great article. I was going nuts with the ribbon menu. I tried to get used to it, used it for about 2 weeks but I just couldnt. I’m an icons person, so I like to have everything on plain sight. I almost changed back to 2008 just because I hated the ribbon so much. Now I can work normally. Thanks.

Comment on Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful? by metis

metis — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:43:30 +0000

it’s terrible. new features are rolled out w/o useful vetting, and gui changes are made for no good reason. the tool palates are potentially great for certain types of design, but the ribbons are absurd, especially given the reduced floating tool bar size.

program functionality shifts not necessarily in the means of a better more stable file, and software bloat goes nuts. why on earth is 2009 significantly slower than 2008? where’s the shiny in that? someone should be publicly humiliated for that screw up. put on stage at AU in front of cases of tomatoes. yes, dynamic layer manager is great, but not great enough to take up to 2x as long to do day to day work in the program.

personally i’d love a subscription program with major updates every 3 years, with public discussion about feature improvements, and programming tweaks and added express tool type additions in the interim. if i can install acad x and have it get faster and more functional over several years i’ll happily stay on subscription to get better builds and support, but there’s no reason for me to upgrade every year.

(now, revit is another ball of wax because the program still really is in devolopment, and updates to the file structure are necessary to manage the changes in how it handles content)

Comment on Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful? by Stefan Boeykens

Stefan Boeykens — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:03 +0000

We teach AutoCAD (and other software) to students of architecture and have decided to only upgrade every three versions (or so), even if EDU licenses are cheap. Since we need to teach the basics, most of what we explain the students has not really changed dramatically since AutoCAD 2000 anyways.

Comment on Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful? by Robert

Robert — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:51:40 +0000

As a 20+ year customer I’m dissapointed to see the endless parade of change for change’s sake. Customer Service is in the toilet, the direction of the product has suffered deeply, and now another unneeded redesign of the UI. Autodesk’s ivory tower has gotten so tall that end users can’t even see the top anymore.

Comment on Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful? by R.K. McSwain

R.K. McSwain — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:06:19 +0000

Big features like CUI and SSM suffer because they cannot be developed and tested properly in this short cycle. Then these features are forgotten in the rush to develop even more new features for the next release. The end result is features that never seem to reach their potential.

Comment on AutoCAD 2009 - The Prequel Part 19 - Menu Browser by Bill Bombassaro

Bill Bombassaro — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:42:50 +0000

Thank you for the tip about the MENUBAR command. Many times the keyboard is more convenient than the mouse. Using the menu browser was annoying, especially when I wanted to toggle from one drawing to another. It’s easy using ALT+W through the pull-down menu.

Comment on Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful? by Matthew Ritzman

Matthew Ritzman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:19:00 +0000

The release cycle is too fast for a variety of reasons:

1. AutoDesk can’t devote enough time to fixing the errors in the current version of the software. They are working on next year’s version and the year after that.

2. The users don’t have enough time to learn and truly evaluate the software before it is no longer available. Most of my users haven’t taken advantage of useful features released over three years ago.

3. A feature that is released while clunky causes users to avoid it well after it is fixed or improved.

4. Users develop a work around for a clunky feature. If that feature stays with the program and isn’t fixed quickly, when future improvements are finally implemented they are met with resistance as users have come to rely on their work around.

The end result is that the feedback loop is broken. The users feel alienated by the software and their inability to catch up to the newest version. AutoDesk doesn’t get the feedback that would truly help the products. The feedback they receive is conflicting. And they can’t act on the feedback that they have received to improve the software that is currently on the user’s desktop.

Now that subscriptions are de rigueur, AutoDesk can’t climb out of this viscous cycle without offending somebody. Users, shareholders, and the market would all have difficulty with a missed release date.

Comment on Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful? by ralphg

ralphg — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:44:40 +0000

The 12-month cycle is harmfull to book publishers, becaues they need at least two years between releases to make back their expenses on producing and printing AutoCAD books.

I’ve raised the issue several times with Autodesk executives, but that’s not in their focus of interest.

As for the AutoCAD suffering from annual releases: each year, the feature set becomes weaker. A couple of years ago, they shoveled in the layer-related express tools. How many man-hours of programming did that require?

AutoCAD 2009 is mostly about user interface changes. Virtually nothing new for the heads-down drafter — or for those who paid for the subscription.