With the Beta 1 period just about half way over, the beta forums are full of lots of discussions about new functionality, bug fixes, and lots of suggestions for further enhancements. More evident this year seems to be the direct interaction of various Solidworks employees in the forum discussions. One new piece of functionality in 2009 has generated a thread with well over 100 replies where the director of user experience Jim Wilkinson has been discussing how users think this new function should work. Recommendations made in the thread, and other threads are already starting to make their way into the Beta 2 release which should be in early July.
If you have chosen not to participate, I encourage you to go read through the forums to familiarize yourself with the new changes to 2009, and to see how they are progressing. The feedback you can provide will only serve to create a better product that I will use. Also, now is still a good time to join in the testing and contribute to the next release of Solidworks! Log in to the customer portal to get all the information.
when will 2009 come out?
Posted by: asdf | July 08, 2008 at 08:43 AM
If I were to reveal what the changes and upgrades are, I wouldnt be able to participate in the beta program. To find out what they are, you should join the beta program to see for yourself. Good luck!
Posted by: Mike | June 24, 2008 at 05:28 PM
tell what kind of is getting so much attention! i dont know where solidworks is heading with these useless gimmicks.
Posted by: Post a comment | June 24, 2008 at 03:45 PM