Hopefully they focus on actually making a good final release rather than 14 service packs per year.
Creo is just a renaming of Pro/E as far as I know.
Yup.
And it's also adopted the goddamn "ribbon" interface. So many new interface changes that come out just keep reminding me of what one of the Nibblonians said to Leela, in anticipation of her being dumbed down by the giant brains: "We have also prepared a bag lunch and some mittens." Try to make it easier for people who are just barely capable of pronouncing "computer," at the expense of anyone who wants to do anything even
mildly advanced.
I use Wildfire 4.0 at work. I tried the demo version of Creo 2.0.
Several minutes later, I had finally succeeded in creating an extruded rectangular box.
So if/when the move is made to Creo, I'll basically be offline for a week or two or three so far as Pro/E productivity is concerned.
It looks like the transition will be like moving from Office 2000 to Office 2007. It took forever to find anything in that.
And I don't know if Creo suffers this same problem: I did recently discover that there's a good reason that I can't customize the ribbon in Office: You
can't do it. The default tabs are locked down, unless you feel like doing some XML programming.
I fricking HATE Pro/E, but I'm a EE that has MEs work for me, and the always manage to eff up 97% of the g-d mechanical design because of Pro/E.
Literally, every single new design we have has "issues". I know it can't be blamed 100% Pro/E (its just a tool after all) but bring back 2-D AutoCAD, atleast then you had to think before exporting a drawing to fab. Ugh.
What manner of issues?
I try to be careful about design-for-manufacturing - 1) It's more efficient and cost-effective, which is part of my job (profitability), and 2) I'll hear about it right from the shop if something's wacky. It's bad enough that they don't like 3-place decimals; the preference there is to have everything rounded to 1/16" sizes. :\
Yes, I can export a model right to a drawing, use the auto-dimension feature, and shove it out the door. But, it won't make sense, it won't show design intent or even measurable dimensions, and it'll look like hell. Word is that PTC's motto is "Drawings come last," at least in terms of their priority. Sorry, but the shop where I work isn't fully automated, and can't build to a 3d solid model. Or hell, when you're working with sheet metal, having a 3d model of the layflat isn't going to help much.