draftalin

I figured out why, the application file size is 260MB!!!!!!, VW 11.5 is 50MB, VW 10.5 is 30MB. WHY!!!!! For comparison, Photoshop 7 is 54MB, Illustrator 10 is 50MB.

I would promote the sales of CAD programs to contractors and the like, if an architect feels that this would lose him business then he isn't doing something right in the first place. Working WITH contractors not against them makes better buildings, plain and simple. Imagine how much time it would save to be able to get the contractor to snap dimensions on the cad drawing instead of measuring off the prints! Just because one is an architect does not mean they have a better design sense that the average human, I have built and worked for many architects that had no business designing houses or even plastic cups for that matter. Protectionism will only lead to hostility, arrogance and self proclaimed superiority will only be one's down fall. I have worked for one of the greatest architects alive and the last thing he did was assume he knew more that me, I was 18 and a cabinetmaker, he was in his mid 50's and treated me like I was his teacher. That architect would be Frank Gehery. I have worked with Peter Pfau, Frank Israel, Gehery, Mike Rotondi and a few more, non of which, besides Gehery had the ability to step down off the 'academic' high horse and listen to the DIYers. Hey, if you sell to them you might learn something, Gehery did!

In 11.5 modification of the window settings provided a real time preview of the changes, now a new window opens, settings are modified and you can't see what your changing in the plan representation of the symbol in the wall. Sure the elevation view in the new window changes but in ALL the previous versions the plan view would reflect the changes. now you have to hit OK and then if it isn't right then you have to open the settings window again, scroll through the options and take your best guess. To make an analogy it would be like trying to change the color of a photo in Photoshop without being able to see which colors your changing with in the photo. WHY????? It worked great in 11.5!!! Now it is a total waste of time, I thought programs such as this were supposed to SAVE time? Please, please keep the stuff that works and fix the stuff that doesn't. Thanks.

Opening files takes twice as long as 11.5 Saving across a network takes 10 times as long as 11.5, file sizes that were 3MB in 11.5 are now 15MB in 12.5. In AutoCad the same file would be 300KB. 12.5 documents are FINALLY emailable without stuffing (on a MAC) and now they are so big you can't email them. Screen refresh is in seconds when working in groups with other objects displayed, in 11.5 it wasn't even something you would notice. I have been using this program since MiniCAD6 and although it improves somewhat from version to version it seems like the best features get modified until they don't work anymore. What is up?