Basically you're doing exactly what I'm doing. It works for you but not for me. I greatly appreciate a straight forward answer. God bless you.
Software is so complicated compared to just 10 years ago. I code factories with a 3rd Party OEM ACAD versions. I run two or three version to keep up with all my clients. There's no way a contractor can afford a Std version of all the asinine iterations Autodesk throws at us unless going OEM.
Your response clarifies for me that the answer is most likely one of the many shortcomings of ADESK's insatiable greed in crippling the OEM versions of ACAD so necessary to the development of the coding software that's driving so much of their growth. ADESK is a collection of greedy bastards that will eventually collapse their empire. That's just the humble opinion of an aged Autodesk 10 user in extremis.
Thanks Whomever you are*,
RCL
* Is it not bizarre I cannot see the post I'm replying to? ADESK's concept of user interface is pathetic.
They get worse every year! They're the Microsoft of CAD. Other than MSDN, which remains excellent, Microsoft abuses their base users. I'm definitely a power user for Autocad but I don't get any significant Support from Autodesk. Only other users forward honest answers. My guess is Autodesk's future is limited to my lifetime which won't be much more than 10 or 15 years, God willing.
I'm sure there's MUCH better tech out there. It has to catch on with us 3rd Party overlays who do the REAL manufacturing work before ADESK can be put in the grave. Design is 50%+ BS. Machine Code has to be 100%. AutoCAD can't do CAD/CAM without their 3rd Party partners but they treat us like dirt.