Before I start my rant I wanted to give a little background about myself and my experience with Pro/E:
<ul>[*]I have used Pro/E on Windows, Solaris, and Linux platforms (Windows is by far the least stable).[*]I have been using Pro/E since version 2001 and have used WF 1,2,3,4 in a production environment.[*]My work is primarily in heavy equipment and involves large assemblies and extensive use of Large Assembly Management.[*]I have now been using Pro/E Wildfire 5.0 for two weeks on an HP xw4600 workstation just to see how it runs compared to previous versions.
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With that, here are my experiences so far with Wildfire 5.0:
<ul>[*]Seems much slower than previous versions of WF on the same hardware and models.[*]Crashes much more than any other version of Pro/E I have used.[*]I currently can not open an IGES file and save it. It will open but immediately crashes when I attempt to save. I have no problems opening the same files on WF 2.
[*]Measuring between two points in a chassis model I am currently working on takes 15 minutes (no lie!). The same procedure on my old workstation running Linux and WF 2.0 takes a few seconds.
[*]I cannot create a straight Pipe section between two points. The only way I have been able to make a straight pipe is to use the extend option. This is really annoying when I am using points to route a hose.[/list]
Am I the only one experiencing this kind of stuff? I know that the first few maintenance releases of Pro/E can be a bit bumpy, but this is ridiculous. From my experience WF 5 is completely unusable.
<ul>[*]I have used Pro/E on Windows, Solaris, and Linux platforms (Windows is by far the least stable).[*]I have been using Pro/E since version 2001 and have used WF 1,2,3,4 in a production environment.[*]My work is primarily in heavy equipment and involves large assemblies and extensive use of Large Assembly Management.[*]I have now been using Pro/E Wildfire 5.0 for two weeks on an HP xw4600 workstation just to see how it runs compared to previous versions.
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With that, here are my experiences so far with Wildfire 5.0:
<ul>[*]Seems much slower than previous versions of WF on the same hardware and models.[*]Crashes much more than any other version of Pro/E I have used.[*]I currently can not open an IGES file and save it. It will open but immediately crashes when I attempt to save. I have no problems opening the same files on WF 2.
[*]Measuring between two points in a chassis model I am currently working on takes 15 minutes (no lie!). The same procedure on my old workstation running Linux and WF 2.0 takes a few seconds.
[*]I cannot create a straight Pipe section between two points. The only way I have been able to make a straight pipe is to use the extend option. This is really annoying when I am using points to route a hose.[/list]
Am I the only one experiencing this kind of stuff? I know that the first few maintenance releases of Pro/E can be a bit bumpy, but this is ridiculous. From my experience WF 5 is completely unusable.