Update: I have been able to confirm that there are definitely multiple
companies affected by this loss. (to date 11 companies & 63 licenses) Most of these companies have been told
that they alone are in the situation.
If you currently have a Foundation level license and have access to Copy
Geom, Inheritence or Publish Geom features & haven't contacted me, please
do.
If you are currently using 2001 & have been copying surfaces between
models, be aware that I have not been able to find a way to do so in
Wildfire with a Foundation Advantage license. This ability may be gone as
well (If anyone can do this, please let me know)
If you are on 2001 & are considering upgrading to Wildfire, please review
the post below from last week.
A warning to those currently on 2001. Upgrading to Wildfire 2003490 or
Wildfire 2.0 may cause you to lose valuable functionality. (access to COPY
GEOM tool)
In early 2003 builds of Pro/E 2001 & Wildfire, we discovered that the
combinations of this software & Wildfire level Foundation advantage
licenses permitted the creation of Copy Geometry features when the Insert
pull-down menu is used along with the Simplified Reps.
We upgraded to buildcode 2003490 of wildfire this month and found out that
this access to this functionality had disappeared. This is the first
build available after the timeout issue. When PTC was consulted regarding
this issue, we were informed that our ability to use this tool was an
accident and that very few others had noticed that the option was
available.
PTC's proposed solution is for us to invest in extra licensing &
maintenence fees to restore an ability that we ALREADY HAD for nearly a
year until we updated to the latest & greatest For a 15 seat user base
(growing) this is an outrageous & shockingly greedy solution.
Please seriously consider the financial impact this move forward could
have on you.
Could those currently using this ability with Foundation licenses please
contact me, I'd like to have an idea how many have really been affected.
The assistance would be very much appreciated.
companies affected by this loss. (to date 11 companies & 63 licenses) Most of these companies have been told
that they alone are in the situation.
If you currently have a Foundation level license and have access to Copy
Geom, Inheritence or Publish Geom features & haven't contacted me, please
do.
If you are currently using 2001 & have been copying surfaces between
models, be aware that I have not been able to find a way to do so in
Wildfire with a Foundation Advantage license. This ability may be gone as
well (If anyone can do this, please let me know)
If you are on 2001 & are considering upgrading to Wildfire, please review
the post below from last week.
A warning to those currently on 2001. Upgrading to Wildfire 2003490 or
Wildfire 2.0 may cause you to lose valuable functionality. (access to COPY
GEOM tool)
In early 2003 builds of Pro/E 2001 & Wildfire, we discovered that the
combinations of this software & Wildfire level Foundation advantage
licenses permitted the creation of Copy Geometry features when the Insert
pull-down menu is used along with the Simplified Reps.
We upgraded to buildcode 2003490 of wildfire this month and found out that
this access to this functionality had disappeared. This is the first
build available after the timeout issue. When PTC was consulted regarding
this issue, we were informed that our ability to use this tool was an
accident and that very few others had noticed that the option was
available.
PTC's proposed solution is for us to invest in extra licensing &
maintenence fees to restore an ability that we ALREADY HAD for nearly a
year until we updated to the latest & greatest For a 15 seat user base
(growing) this is an outrageous & shockingly greedy solution.
Please seriously consider the financial impact this move forward could
have on you.
Could those currently using this ability with Foundation licenses please
contact me, I'd like to have an idea how many have really been affected.
The assistance would be very much appreciated.