In my opinion Intralink 8 is the worst piece of sofware PTC have ever brought out. We have just upgraded from Intralink 3.3 M020and WF2 to Intrank 8 and WF3. I have serious issues with this sofware and I urge other people who are on this software to come forward with their thoughts:
- Standalone parts can now not be added to a family table if the user so wishes. In Intralink 3.3 it was simply a case of overwring the old file stored in Commonspace. The file was version dependent and would be checked out as standalone or instance depending on which version was selected. Parts and assemblies can neither be broken off from family tables by the old method which was to open the instance in session then delete the row from the table. Saving would warn that it did not belong to the generic anymore.
- Checkout times are horrendous compared to 3.3. PTC state that the software is faster due to decreased network latency over a WAN. It is now taking 4mins to checkout a file which would previously have taken around 30 seconds.
- Why something cannot be modified unless it is checked out. Sometimes you would need to modify something even if you had no intention of checking it back in. We create a lot of STEP files and always remove text and other surface intense features prior to export (to reduce file size). Now with Intralink 8, you have to do something with the Workspace just to delete it - to deal with the checked-out parts. Previously you could just dump your workspace.
- PTC_COMMON_NAME is now causing us serious problems. Prior to Intralink 8 we weren't concerned with it. The phsysical file seen in Windows and that seen in the Java environment could sometimes be different - if a rename had taken place. We now have serious issues with PTC_COMMON_NAME.
- Filtering the workspace is now a major ordeal. Previously we could set filters for things like DVN - drawing verification number and set the revision level after filtering all concerned drawings, parts and assemblies. Then, on check-in you could set promote levels by fitering again. This cannot be done in Intralink 8.
-Frames have now been taken out of the software. How can PTC remove functionality and claim that the software is improved?
- Apparently things only need to be 'added to the workspace' now unless you actually want to modify. By the time you've finished with your work - the wretched thing ends up as checked out anyway. Even the slightest operation wants to check out the part. E.g. edit > setup > interchange to view whether the parts or assembly is related to an interchange assembly.
- PTC said this software would more than be able to cope with our data. We had around 90Gb of data before. I would say that 80% of the data was down to 20% of our products (typically Pareto) due to high numbers of versions. It is STRUGGLING severely. It is not due to the network (bandwidth or latency) but moreso with what it is doing with relationships during ckeck-outs, check-ins etc.
Can anyone shed any light on this awful software? AmI missing something?
Phil
- Standalone parts can now not be added to a family table if the user so wishes. In Intralink 3.3 it was simply a case of overwring the old file stored in Commonspace. The file was version dependent and would be checked out as standalone or instance depending on which version was selected. Parts and assemblies can neither be broken off from family tables by the old method which was to open the instance in session then delete the row from the table. Saving would warn that it did not belong to the generic anymore.
- Checkout times are horrendous compared to 3.3. PTC state that the software is faster due to decreased network latency over a WAN. It is now taking 4mins to checkout a file which would previously have taken around 30 seconds.
- Why something cannot be modified unless it is checked out. Sometimes you would need to modify something even if you had no intention of checking it back in. We create a lot of STEP files and always remove text and other surface intense features prior to export (to reduce file size). Now with Intralink 8, you have to do something with the Workspace just to delete it - to deal with the checked-out parts. Previously you could just dump your workspace.
- PTC_COMMON_NAME is now causing us serious problems. Prior to Intralink 8 we weren't concerned with it. The phsysical file seen in Windows and that seen in the Java environment could sometimes be different - if a rename had taken place. We now have serious issues with PTC_COMMON_NAME.
- Filtering the workspace is now a major ordeal. Previously we could set filters for things like DVN - drawing verification number and set the revision level after filtering all concerned drawings, parts and assemblies. Then, on check-in you could set promote levels by fitering again. This cannot be done in Intralink 8.
-Frames have now been taken out of the software. How can PTC remove functionality and claim that the software is improved?
- Apparently things only need to be 'added to the workspace' now unless you actually want to modify. By the time you've finished with your work - the wretched thing ends up as checked out anyway. Even the slightest operation wants to check out the part. E.g. edit > setup > interchange to view whether the parts or assembly is related to an interchange assembly.
- PTC said this software would more than be able to cope with our data. We had around 90Gb of data before. I would say that 80% of the data was down to 20% of our products (typically Pareto) due to high numbers of versions. It is STRUGGLING severely. It is not due to the network (bandwidth or latency) but moreso with what it is doing with relationships during ckeck-outs, check-ins etc.
Can anyone shed any light on this awful software? AmI missing something?
Phil
