Autodesk Impression

[#1]

This problem is bigger than Windows 7....Autodesk is just completely ignoring this software. I contacted them a few months ago (for the very first time) about another Impression realated issue (faceted arcs), and was basically told that no one was knowledgable enough to anwser any Impression related questions.

After upgradng to Windows 7 I tried importing a .dwg file to Impression 3 and it goes straight into adesk crash mode.

I'm giving up on this software for now....zero support. Back to Adobe.

[#2]

Bump. Another week slips by and still radio silence from Autodesk.

I am feeling like dumping Impression too now, if it is not going to be supported. Jtickenoff, you say that you will go back to Photoshop, which I use to process illustrations that have been through Impression to convert the CAD geometry to 'wiggle' pencil strokes and to get the watercolour fills. Do you know of anything else that can convert the lines into the hand-drawn wiggly look?

[#3]

Just adding my 2 cents...any fixes? We are at a stand still and are doing renderings by hand with markers! We are small and don't have photoshop (nor will we buy it). Is autodesk not going to have impression anymore? It seems that way since they no longer post here. I used it because it was part of my subscription and really can't afford to buy a new rendering program right now (markers are cheaper!) Any suggestions on a good CAD to rendering style program I can get that isn't to expensive? I'm giving up on having impression back...I just don't know how I will ever be able to recover all the irf's I already have.

[#4]

I have been in contact with Autodesk via my subscription support, and thought I would share the response:

"It looks as though this is actually a Microsoft issue. Our developers have logged this with their contact in Microsoft and we are currently waiting on feedback from them. I have requested an update from our developers and will get back to you when I hear from them."
So at least it looks like we will get our fix, but still none the wiser about when.
Keith

[#5]

Any response on this?

[#6]

I have just installed Impression 3 in a new HP TouchSmart tx2 under Windows7 and it installs from the downloaded Subscripton site OK but when you lauch from desktop get about 80% loaded and reports "your installation is corrupt..."
I have done it totally all over 3 times just to make sure!
As an Architect I love Impression for quick sketchy looks of my Revit Arch models and elevations.
No other Autodesk product has such a wide range of color fill texture styling tools.
ASBPro is way too light on effects to be worth using.
I do hope Autodesk keeps the Ipression code going into the future.
When can we have a fix?

[#7]

scstm: It seems you have a different problem there. The incompatibility problem with Impression and Win7 appears when you try to use it. When I have installed it on Win7 (which I have also repeated several times), the installation proceeds without issue, and the program even starts normally. However, as soon as you try to open a file (DWG/DWF) an error is generated saying that the file cannot be opened. And if you try to create a file from scratch in Impression, you will get a similar error when trying to save it.
According to Autodesk Support, the problem lies with Microsoft (dotnet?). I am not sure whether MS agree.... so there could be a standoff, which might explain the delay in resolving it.
I urge anyone who is impacted by this issue to contact Autodesk support via Subscription. We need keep up some pressure to get a resolution. We need keep up some pressure to get a resolution.
Having said that, the low activity on this forum makes me wonder how big the user base for Impression is, and thus how high a priority fixing it is for Autodesk.

[#8]

I noticed this last week when digging around for another fix:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14056444&linkID=9240617

Impression is currently not supported on Windows 7.

[#9]

Hey at least now we know they are aware of it! Whether they plan on fixing it any time soon may be a different story.

[#10]

Do you want it to be a priority?

Let the project teams at Autodesk know that: Product Feedback

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794