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Autodesk evaluates wishes, error reports, customer service request, etc. to identify things that might be added to future releases or fixed with a hotfix, service pack or in a future release.
There can be many things that affect whether a wish is included in a future release or not. First off is how often a request is made. If only one person wishes for a specific function then it probably wont be considered. If making the change the wish request will break another part of the program it will probably not be seen for many released if at all. If the results of the change or addition wished for can be accomplished by another method in the program it might not be considered or put on the back burner. If the wish duplicates something already available through a 3rd party Autodesk partner's software you probably wont see it.
One thing to remember. Even though 2014 just came out. 2015 is well along in development and nothing will be changed at this point except identified bugs. Even with the bugs if the fix will break something more important, 2015 will be release with it and a fix found later.
So if there is a wish that a lot of people want and Autodesk sees it as an enhancement to the program that will be of benefit to a large pool of users then you might see it in 2016 if something more important doesn't bump it.
The only time you'll see immediate changes to software is when you're working with a small developer. I've had changes made in programs within days, but they were all small programs from small developers. Autodesk programs are too massive to be dealt with in that manor.
Hope this answers some of your questions.
Allen Jessup
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@Anonymous wrote:
How do you know that?
Uh...well. I may have put my foot in my mouth. As an EE I'm under an NDA. But the general production schedule is mostly common knowledge. So I don't think that will cause trouble. I was at Autodesk in San Francisco last month along with a group of EEs. Some of the discussions I was involved in were specifically about what you asked. Wishes and Bug fixes and how and when they're included in the product.
Then, If I have understood correctly, Adesk only fix bugs ?
No. There is a balance. Autodesk has to fix bugs so people stay on subscription and they have to offer new features to attract people to subscription. Some want more attention paid to software problems. Some want more attention to new features. Hotfixes and service packs are free to all. No one would want to upgrade if the next release didn't contain new features.
Whats if I am a French partner (for example) and I'm sure that 10 or 20 tools can help to sell licenses in France ? Adesk are going to do the work ? Have you ever heard something related ?
If you're an Autodesk partner you'd be developing the software to provide those routines yourself. You'll often see 3rd party developers mentioned in these groups as providing tools that don't appear in the original program.
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By mostly common knowledge I meant that those of us who have been doing this a couple of years know that the next release will be ready for beta testing in a couple of months and will be released in the spring of the next year. Maybe late April or may. No one who know the exact date can say.
Hotfixes and Service Packs are available HERE. Pick Updates and Service Packs your software. Then click on the release to see the available downloads.
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Yes. Service Packs mostly only fix bugs. There may be some functional improvement in some.
If Autodesk sees a need for the improvement you suggest. Yes. The earliest you'd see it would be in the 2016 release.
You might want to ask if there is any way to accomplish this in the Civil 3D forum. I don't know how that could be accomplished automatically. You could, of course, create a different segment for each curve and apply the frequency that way.
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No. 2000 licenses maybe. The margin on 200 licenses wouldn't come close to paying for the custom programming. As mentioned in the other group. There are Country Kits. If it's a country wide requirement something might happen there.
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The programs are provided "as-is" without any guarantee they will be suitable for any end uses. In this model, the developer procedes as how they think is the best path forward for the product. That may not meets the requirements of a single user, a group of users, or even a majority of the usrs, but it is still up to the developer. This model is very prevalent in software that serves very large numbers of users, in that catering to small groups of user requests makes the product worse for the rest of the users. It can also tie up resources which are needed for larger scale work such as updating for Win 8.
This is in contrast to "work for hire" software, where a developer is paid to produce a product with very specific features. If the product doesn't meet the contractual requirements they dont' get paid. If more features are required, the contract is ammended and the developer gets paid more money. This is much more common in the third-party customizations for AutoDesk products.
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If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
As mentioned earlier, they simply cannot be making wholesale changes based on on a couple of peoples needs, and you will never have "quick response" for a program the size/complexity of Civil3D.
200 seats isn't enough to get AutoDesks interest, but it should be enough for any number of professional plug-in designers. Define your needs and shop around, you should be able to find a third-party developer who will give you exactly what you are looking for.
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If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
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