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Is 2015 production ready?

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Message 1 of 32
Joe-Bouza
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Is 2015 production ready?

I read the 13 pages of the ongoing thread of Bugs and Issues, and I'll be honest many of the issues either do not pertain to my type of work or didnot seem like a game changer i.e. "cant copy layout tabs with ctrl kek and dragging". etc.

 

Surely many of these reported issues upset other's work flows, and have to be dealt with.

 

What I did not gleen from the B&I thread was: is 2015 production ready?

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
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Message 2 of 32
stevenh0616
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Several of our users are experiencing crashes when snapping to profiles with the distance command or placing multileaders. We think the snapping is the issue. All have the latest SP1 installed.



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Message 3 of 32
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

I have had great success since the release of SP1.



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Message 4 of 32
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: stevenh0616

Thanks Steve

 

I didn't know you could snap to a profile (other than near and End). Is that a new feature?

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

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Message 5 of 32
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: ToddRogers-WPM

Great to hear.
Thanks Todd
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 6 of 32
Pointdump
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Joe,

 

2015 doesn't like my graphics card and I had to turn off hardware acceleration, so it's slower than 2014 for me. And the lower Status Bar is changed; not better, just different. Those are the only differences that affect me.

 

So, because it's slower, I'll stick with 2014 for now. If I get a new computer with an awesome graphics card, I'll switch then.

 

Dave

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Message 7 of 32
stevenh0616
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Yea you can snap, and it's not new. It works in 2014 as well.



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Message 8 of 32

The only thing you can't snap to is the grid and a layout profile line.



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Message 9 of 32
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: ToddRogers-WPM

Thats what I thought. What then does "you can snap to profiles actually mean?
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

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Message 10 of 32
stevenh0616
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

It means on surface profiles, you can use endpoint object snap to snap to a vertice (grade break or triangle crossing) in the profile (even though when you click on it you don't see the veritces), and you can use nearest object snap to snap anywhere along a surface profile.



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Message 11 of 32
Cadguru42
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

If you aren't using the survey side of things or point clouds, then perhaps it'll be OK for you. But it's the little things like the copy layout being missing that decrease productivity and don't really make 2015 worth upgrading to. 

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Message 12 of 32
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

I can copy a layout.


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Message 13 of 32
Cadguru42
in reply to: ToddRogers-WPM


@trogers wrote:
I can copy a layout.

Using the 5 click method, sure. But the easiest, fastest way that's been built into AutoCAD since version 2000 is the one where you just hold CTRL + Drag the layout to make a copy. That's how Excel works and how Layouts have always worked in AutoCAD until 2015 came out. 

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Message 14 of 32
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: Cadguru42

Well, you have a point there. Smiley Frustrated



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Message 15 of 32
Cadguru42
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Oh, forgot to mention the bug with LandXML imports of pipe networks. If you use LandXML to bring a pipe network into 2015 (I think 2014, also) there's a bug where the pipes won't come in at all if a custom part catalog is used. This wrecks havok if you're using something like SSA that exports the pipe network as LandXML. 

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Message 16 of 32
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: Pointdump

And thats not exactly what I would call a weak card?

Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 17 of 32
Joe-Bouza
in reply to: Cadguru42

Non survey here. I very comfortable with 2014 too. we are multi discipline and our MEP group may want it, but I prefer to keep everyone on the same platform
Thank you

Joseph D. Bouza, P.E. (one of 'THOSE' People)

HP Z210 Workstation
Intel Xeon CPU E31240 @ 3.30 Hz
12 GB Ram


Note: Its all Resistentialism, so keep calm and carry on

64 Bit Win10 OS
Message 18 of 32
Pointdump
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

Joe,

 

No guts, no glory. Faint heart never won fair lady. Suck it up and get out your wallet.  SmileyWink.gif

 

Dave

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Message 19 of 32
tcorey
in reply to: Joe-Bouza

One BIG feature that our clients love about Civil 3D 2015 is the ability to capture and plot from the online mapping.

If everything else is equal (I'm not saying it is, that's for you to decide,) this makes 2015 a better choice than 2014, where you can view but not plot the mapping.



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Message 20 of 32
HorizontalCurveGuy
in reply to: tcorey

Online mapping , as in aerial images?

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