Do you roll your eyes when you hear “40% increase in productivity
over the previous release”? I did. And I work for Autodesk. I know you guys
think I drink all the Autodesk Kool-Aid and then go about repeating the talking
points… It doesn’t hurt my feelings, well maybe a little… I’ll get over it.
I’m a proof guy. If you can only tell me and not prove it to
me, believe me I’m the first to call BS (bovine slime). So when I heard that
the new tools are going to increase productivity, my initial thought was… sure,
but do I have learn a new interface, aka the Ribbon? Don’t get me wrong, once I
got used to the Ribbon, it was sweet. But the initial dip in productivity hurt
man, felt a little like a new application and not one that I had used since R1.
I can’t in good conscious (or in job security concerns) write
down my initial reaction after seeing Dynamic Input in the sketch environment,
then the Direct Manipulation tools. Flippin Sweet! Is about as close as I can
go. These new tools are the best example of anything that I’ve seen that you
can legitimately claim immediate increases in productivity. And it’s more than
just increases in productivity, the overall user experience is dramatically
different and remarkably easy.
About a month ago I put out a video talking about the basics
of parametric modeling. You know, the video talking about “practice”. I did it
for a couple of reasons one of which was so that I could compare the new tools
to the old ones modeling the same part. So, take a look at these two videos,
the first one is done with Inventor 2010, the second is Inventor 2011. Watch my
mouse, pay attention to where I go for the commands and just the overall ease
in which I can model basically the same part. Yes, I updated the part so that
it showed 2011 off…but that’s my job, yo.
Inventor 2010 Demo
And here is the same part modeled in Inventor 2011.
So like I said. I'm a show me kind of guy. Comparing these two videos should give you a good reason to upgrade, clearly easier to use and you will save time. Time for longer smoke breaks, coffee breaks, Facebooking... err I mean innovating.
-Rob
#dp11
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