https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/qbuild-cadlink/m-p/5712457#M369012 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1649869">@Mark.Lancaster</a> wrote:<BR /> <P>My advice...&nbsp;&nbsp; Ask the vendor of this product to provide you with a list of contacts that are using their product in a environment that closely represents yours.&nbsp; Have the vendor arrange a conversation with these companies. &nbsp; These other companies may not want share with you but it also may show the tool doesn't really work in your environment since there's no other company using it that way.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Years ago I was researching a product and the vendor set up a phone conversation with another customer who was using the product just like we would be doing.&nbsp;&nbsp; All I heard is how bad the product was and the customer kept asking the sales contact when were these issues would be fixed. &nbsp; Funny how the demo showed their product was so great.. &nbsp; From that moment, I stopped researching that given product.</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yes we do that all the time too.. Get references and call them.&nbsp;</P> <P>Its VERY rare to find a sales guy that will actually tell people about "the bad" of a program or piece of equipment or whatever.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I've only met one..&nbsp;</P> Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:44:25 GMT mcgyvr 2015-07-09T12:44:25Z