I really like the idea of Solidworks 2013 CAD Administrator Dashboard.
I would like toolpalettes the same way AutoCAD has them, where I can have standard content in a central location, giving me the ability to update the content at any time, and change the toolpalette at any time to keep it current.
I hate having to load up a drawing template with all the content an Inventor user might need, and to have all that additional data bulk up each drawing that gets created, which just sits there and does nothing other than become outdated eventually.
I want to be able to add presets for features (hole features for example, we never ever make 2mm holes 8mm deep) to a network based style library, to give users settings they would need 90% of the time.
And talking of style libraries, this does not work well in a Vaulted environment where laptop users need their style library available locally. Maintaining this through Vault is a painful process, and with each change I need to notify the users to update their style library files? Make the style library some mystical database type library; me the Administrator makes a change, gets applied to Vault (similar to updates done to Content Centre?), and a connected Vault user will magically get the latest style library cached somewhere on his/her local machine.
Same deal with templates btw, let me manage those in Vault, and have Vault cache it locally, all by itself (without a user having to click through 10 messages warning the user of all sorts of things they don't understand).
Oh, and has anyone ever figured out how the network administrator can control the list of permissable service packs using Communication Centre, and make it available to users once the admin has tested/approved it? I tried once and gave up.
