Just had 2013 crash again while inserting a north arrow from the layout tools tab. Have had continous other bugs / crashes even after the very late SP-1, most irritating is the mtext editor which can't remember left from center. 2012 was stable and there is no difference that I am aware of from the surveyor perspective which is all we use. Are drawings opened in 2013 going to open in 2012? We save everything in 2010 format to be compatible with our clients needs.
My current plan is see how 2014 works out and if it is stable than no more yearly up grades. Granted Civil 3D has more editing features than LDD and some parts are tremendously more capable (surfaces) than LDD **but** there was a lot of time lost in the months long learning curve and C3D is still just slower in pointing and clicking than R12. When we have to stop and wait for a regen again (like in R 9, 10, 11) and also wait for the pointer to catchup to where we are than I don't know if the net result is a gain in production.
Is there a way to not load all the overhead of the remaining product and just load what we need (survey and surfaces)? What I would like is the speed of R12 with the power of C3D. Tried to create a custom menu with just what we use frequently moved from several layers deep to be similar to our R12 toolbars (one click and the command is done) but the ribbon seems to be so fragile that I could never get it working and gave up. With the increase in subscription fees I don't see any reason to keep paying for upgrades when survey does not get improved anyway. Have been with C3D since the 2008 version and still waiting for the speed of R12.
Gary E.
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