Autodesk Seek

[#1]

Just a comment - the contents seems to be fine but the browsing and search functions are not very user friendly. Many thumbnails are just general images - not the true contents of the file.

You can compare the user interface e.g. with the block libraries at Revit City or CAD Forum:
http://revitcity.com/downloads.php
http://www.cadforum.cz/catalog_en

Frederic

[#2]

Hi Frederic,

Thank you for trying the site and for the feedback.

The thumbnails are photographs of the products in application. For instance, what a particular window might look like installed in a building.

For seeing the contents of the actual design file (for DWG's for instance): placing your cursor over the file provides an enlarged thumbnail image. In instances, where DWF files are available, you can also view these in our Freewheel viewer.

I hope that helps. I am very interested in hearing more about the improvements you would like to see in the browse and search functions? How can we make this more user friendly for you?

Best Regards,

Abhi Singh
Sr. Product Manager
Autodesk Seek

[#3]

When browsing by Category I would like to filter for file type thus only listing those containing downloads of the set filetypes.

When searching by filetype I would like to be able to leave the description field blank to list all files of that type, and to be able to use wildcards in this field and do boolean searches.

Also, the function you mention, that displays a thumbnail when hovering over the filename, does not work for RFA files.

[#4]

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback!

I agree with the first two points you bring up. We'll look into addressing those needs soon after we put the AIA convention 2008 behind us...!

I am glad you brought up the third point because we're actually addressing it as we speak...! In fact, stay tuned for the update!

Thanks!
Jun

Jun Shim
Product Manager
Autodesk Seek

[#5]

FYI, we were able to implement RFA thumbnail display in the pre production environment and will be pushing it live in a few days!

This feature will be pushed out with another really cool viewing feature (at least I think so...), so be ready to be impressed!

Thanks,
Jun