What is your upgrade strategy?

[LesLeroux]

I am still using Inventor 5.3 Sp2 and I guess I'm not the only one since this discussion group still exists. I have avoided Inventor 6 because many users report that it is unstable and there are problems upgrading existing projects. But now that version 7 is on the horizon I'm wondering if I should make a move. What do other Inventor users think about upgrading? Now, never, wait for service packs, wait for version 20?

[MechMan_]

Most IV6 stability bugs were fixed in SP1. I have no stability problems, nor have I had any problems upgrading projects (SP1 fixed a lot in that area as well). R7 probably won't be out for a few more months (they just released the first beta). If you haven't tried R6 with SP1 (SP2 is also available) then I'd suggest giving R6 another go.

MechMan

[Anonymous]

HI

The magazine "Autodeskdesigner" says:
"Autodesk will release 14 new versions in march, starting on the 17th" and
 "Inventor 7 series and Inventor 7 Pro will be released in april/may!" and
our reseller claims that release 8(EIGHT!!)  is due in the
fall.......

Thank god for subscription....

JLP

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Most
IV6 stability bugs were fixed in SP1. I have no stability problems, nor have I
had any problems upgrading projects (SP1 fixed a lot in that area as well). R7
probably won't be out for a few more months (they just released the first
beta). If you haven't tried R6 with SP1 (SP2 is also available) then I'd
suggest giving R6 another go.

MechMan

[MechMan_]

What is "Inventor series 7 Pro"?

MechMan

[Anonymous]

I have no complaints with R6. The upgrade process was no worse than any
of the other upgrades, it did require closer adherence to Autodesk's
instructions.

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[Anonymous]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:35:53 -0800, LesLeroux
wrote:

>I am still using Inventor 5.3 Sp2 and I guess I'm not the only one

I just wasted a few days on a project which made use of the
rotation-to-linear motion constraint. It turned out there were
problems with that in 5.3. My support company said the problem is
solved in 6, but I would have to re-create the project in 6 because
just migrating the drawing wouldn't work (though he did give me some
work-arounds).

My company has a very clear design cycle... we work on one project
for about 3 years and then move on to a new one. In that situation,
automatically upgrading is NOT a good thing. There is a large amount
of work involved with discovering the bugs and other problems that get
introduced in every new version. But the biggest concern is when a
bug causes drawings to be released with bad information on it.

So, we will stay un-upgraded for another 2 years. Then Autodesk
will need to truly earn my upgrade fee. If they don't, I may sit on
my current version for the next design or abandon the Autodesk ship in
favor of another brand.

Joe

p.s. I sure there are those of you who were MUCH better off by
upgrading your software to a current version. But, I've been burned by
"upgrades" enough times to know it can be a bad choice.