Wildfire 2

Dear All,

We are looking at "possibly" moving from Wildfire to Wildfire 2.

We usaully wait at least 9 months before up grading to let the initail
issues to be addressed by PTC.

How are people finding Wildfire 2?

Have most of the "first release" glitches been addressed?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

 

: Dear All,
:
: We are looking at "possibly" moving from Wildfire to Wildfire 2.
:
: We usaully wait at least 9 months before up grading to let the initail
: issues to be addressed by PTC.
:
As do most people, sort of '... wisdom', bordering on superstition. The remarkable
thing about this rev is that it was greeted very similarly to WF1 ~ people moving
from a pre-WF rev had all the usual problems ~ stuff got moved to different menus,
functions got combined, the selection process took a lot of getting used to and so
did the object/action style Dashboard. But, in the mean time, stuff moved to the
Dashboard, identified with an icon in the menu bar menus, were actually improved
(draft, ribs, VSS) so that they now work easily and well. Plus, with a Browser
intgegratred, help and tutorials from the PTC website are readily available. So,
there is more help than ever to get you over the rough spots.

However, not many rough spots have been reported by WF users migrating to WF2.
It's been almost a nonissue, pretty dull indeed. The builds are up to about M200,
lots of stuff is getting fixed, so it wasn't perfect out of the gate. But, it
seems that the bugs have taken a back seat to the new interface and functionality.
From what I've seen here and in the Pro/USER "Exploder", Pro/e bugs and stability
issues take a far back seat to data management issues with Pro/I. That's where the
bugs are showing up, that's where the inexperience is, that's where the
configuration issues show up starkly. So, if you are using Pro/e on a standalone
workstation or you are really on top of Intralink, the transition from WF to WF2
should be no more than a minor 'what's new' morning session for users.

David Janes

 

David,

Thanks a lot for answering some of my concerns.

Currently as we are only a small team of designers, all working closely, and
we have stopped using Intralink.

So with what you have passed on, it gives me some comfort factor that maybe
the Wildfire 2 release has been an improvement on previously rushed to
market upgrades.

Thanks again,

Andy