IDEAS 9

[Irwin]

I listened that in december we will get the new IDEAS 9. Does sb know enything about this software? Will it be better than the 8 is?

Ervin

 

[wroberts]

They claim it will, and it isn't supposed to be pushed through as fast as 8 was. This will also be the last I-deas only release. The release after this will be combined with UG.

Will

 

[natester]

I have been using version 9 for a month now and it is still the same miserable product that it has always been. They are numerous small enhancements that should have been there a long time ago. Version 8 was always stable for me on UNIX and still was pretty goo when I switched to Window 2000. Version 9 has crashed many, many times for me. Fortunately this is the last version of this product. I use Pro/ENGINEER and Unigraphics as well as I-deas. I-deas is a waste of time and money compared to Pro/ENGINEER and Unigraphics. If you can stay with version 8 you may be better off that updaing.

 

[yeahyeah]

Hi,

I attended the user conference for Version 9, the only useful thing I found for modeling is the combination of Master Assembly and Master Modeler, the rest of useful new things are for CAE.

Regards,
Yeahyeah

 

[pkbruin]

You lucky dogs! At least you get to use the Mercedes of CAD products (but some people like their AMC's). I changed companies and we use Pro/E. It takes forever to go through several concept trades - unless, of course I want to go back to the 70's and use pencil and paper (as most of the Pro/E literature suggests).

Yeah, there might be a few issues with Version 9 on Windows2000, but it's likely a W2000 problem - you should switch to XP. But my understanding is that version 9 is supposed to have a lot of little enhancements that would have been nice to have had a while ago, before they kowtowed to the stupid ProE 2-way associativity (I never want a change on a drawing to change a part in an assembly - that may end up not allowing the assembly to regenerate, but I digress). Several enhancements are customer (read Ford)-driven.

 

[wroberts]

I-Deas 9.0 is not supported on Windows XP, you will get no help from SDRC, or PLM/whatever if you run Windows XP and I-Deas together. VERY BAD IDEA.
Will