F**king scum VAR's!

... in all fairness,.. it takes two and looks like some of you were
part of the reason these dickwads bent over,..
greed is a strange beast... and when times are tough,.. the scum
sucking sales/marketing/ceo weasels start too submit.
assholes!

Hearing/reading all the politics and economics lately.... the pond
scum we feed,.. creates more pond scum.

I can't believe these slimy bottom dwelling - bottomline marketing
tactics continue and people submit to it.... blindly, submissively,
passively,...

What they are doing is treating the user/client with NO RESPECT AT
ALL!

Those fees are NOT acceptable and this latest sales/marketing email
should be read as a slap in the face to ALL paying users!!

It's WRONG! It's UNETHICAL! It's UNACCEPTABLE!

Just say NO! Don't buy into this....otherwise, if you buy into
it,... their pathetic mafia tactics will been seen as acceptable and WE ALL
LOSE!!

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Tired of people making blatant and false statements about Pro/e.

Over the years I'm REALLY SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE MAKING BLATANT and FALSE STATEMENTS about Pro/e or why Pro/e users use SW or why they went away from using Pro/e.
Anyway, as a long-time Pro/e user and long-time SW user, over the years, most statements against Pro/e or posted on SolidWorks or AutoDesk forums are TOTALLY INCORRECT!

Pro/e stability, reliability, performance, consistency... is MUCH BETTER than SolidWorks!
Pro/e files were/are (but have increased) SMALLER, than SolidWorks.
Pro/e software works BETTER then SolidWorks on LESS expensive hardware, PERIOD!!!!!

And, to be clear,.. I DID NOT FLOCK TO SW because of the above... as a independent contractor, I saw NEW clients considering and moving away from AutoCAD (as I had with my Acad/MDT license) and they did NOT want to invest into Pro/e because of the cost (at that time, ~2-5X more expensive), learning curve and the ASSHOLE PTC sales people!
IMHO (as a consultant for 17 yrs, and ~20 years using 3D), Pro/e users and companies who did not know how to properly use Pro/e, went to SW.
Or, they NEVER needed the power of Pro/e and SW fits their needs much better!

Sadly, (the backdraft or domino effect?) I see many clients getting themselves into the same shitty position using SolidWorks as they did with Acad/MDT years ago.

SolidWorks is a mainstream modeler... it's average... that is, it's basically a chevy or ford .. for all.
Unfortunately, SolidWorks is basically BETAWARE,.. it's riddled with bugs, inconsistency, poor performance, lack of originality, lack of direction, half baked features and functions... and they have consistently proven this year after year after year,.....

Am, I annoyed... yes... yes I am! SolidWorks has made a hell of a lot of money off it's users and gained free support over the users,.. and all they have proved is that they are no different than AutoDesk or any other big company putting out HALF BAKED BETA WAREl!

.. (ok, well,... I feel much better now!) 8^)

Not renewing my subscription... Bub-Bye SW Corp!

Well, I have had enough, I don't see the value in it any more.
I will not be renewing my SW subscription!
SW Corp and the VAR system are a waste of my time/money!

I seriously think I would be contributing to a dysfunctional organization.

Bub-bye!

Tis the season for SW Corp to f%$k things up again..

Oh joy, installed sp1.0 and sure enuf I get to witness more half-bakeware!!

When the PhotoWorks Scene Editor is open, you can NOT edit materials!?
And, you can NOT shutdown SW!?!?

PLUS,.. you can NOT add Lights or Camera's!?!?!?

Great Quality Control you got there at SW Corp!?!?!?

btw, you could ALWAYS have these windows open together but nooooooooo....
ya see,.. there's a very good reason to having the Scene Editor and the Materials Editor open at the same time... it's called workflow and productivity... those things that help with reducing cost!?!?!?

This is the problem,... SW Corp does not understand how to be productive because they don't know how you use their own software!

Way to go SW Corp,.. you're right on course to a consistent - inconsistent release process!!!

Jerks!

..SOS (Same Old Shit),.. break it/fix it/break it/fix it-......... great software business plan!


spr issued... SPR 406060

Geometry Lock

Geometry Lock has been mentioned on a few sites as of late.

That is, STOP the features from REBUILDING at a point in time.

For instance,.. an example of SolidWorks Corp's POOR PROGRAMMING...
Remove or delete a NON releted feature (even a sketch of a sketch
image or a simple unrelated feature) and the WHOLE feature list
rebuilds!?!?!?!?!?!

TOTALLY UNPRODUCTIVE PISS POOR PROGRAMMING!!!!

This have been happening since I've used this PIECE OF CRAP modeler
back in 1998!!!

I wanted to remind people that this is NOT NEW, it has been a LONG OVER
DUE REQUEST where by SolidWorks Corp has CONTINUED to NOT APPLY NEEDED
CUSTOMER REQUEST to enhance PERFORMANCE and PRODUCTIVITY!!!!!

Instead, SolidWorks Corp CONTINUES to release HALF BAKED UNPRODUCTIVE
CRAP the users DO NOT NEED or WANT! Or, add crap AutoCad users miss/
need!?!?!!?

So, if you have some free time.... please, write to SolidWorks Corp
and tell them to STICK IT UP THEIR ASS!!!!

Thanks.. 8^)

Just another SPAM site "comp.cad.solidworks"

Well, after years of visting/posting at comp.cad.solidworks.. I believe it has finally become a SPAM site.
The people who have done this are mainly NON users which have real social problems.
Not so funny, it's very sad,.. I've learned through life that crazy people can rule and control if given a chance.


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SW Corp gets away with releasing half-bake-ware

The reason why SW Corp gets away with releasing half-bake-ware:

Majority rules, 80-90% of the users come from using inexpensive, inferior and poorly managed design tools.
Most of the user base do not fully use the tool or use very little of the functionality, thus, the more involved functionality is typically overlooked, poorly critiqued or supported.
Majority of the users expectations on quality are very low or the need for reliable software is average.
Many of the users come from using past tools with limited functionality, they become use to or complacent with working around limitations.
Workarounds, due to limitations, have a "at a boy" or a accomplishment related mentality,.. this is, it becomes an accepted part of the job when using the software.

Majority of the users do NOT pay for the software,.. they are not committed to the software investment or it's future.
Majority of the users DO NOT report problems, why would they, it's not their problem, they get paid regardless.

SW Corp has a niche market,.. it still falls between two major software companies... PTC (Pro/E, high end) and AutoDesk (Inventor, low end)
Many Pro/E users do NOT fully use Pro/E so SW becomes the easier to use Pro/e for those converts, and again, demands are lowered.
Most Inventor/Acad users don't know how to use the higher functionality and most likely will never understand or use the majority of the functionality.

SW Corp business plan is to do as little and as much as possible to maintain their niche market.
That is, stay squarely in the middle, keep ahead of Inventor and behind Pro/e and of course, not more than Catia (the mother company).

So, for the users who are pushing most of the functionality in SW, we (I estimate about 10%) are NOT a priority and NEVER will be.
And.., for the paying users and/or consultants wanting to push SW and be more productive,.. we are between a rock and a hard place.

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