Gytis Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 The release is a little earlier in the year from VW 2008 (that program dates Nov. 2007) Don't worry about the date of release, it will be actually almost exactly a year from the release of 2008, which was Sept. 13, 2007. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Have to say I'm very curious about this speed claim. Is it overall? How is it achieved? Render farming? 64 bit, Intel-only? The mind boggles. I can only imagine you don't get such speed gains from tweaking your code here and there. Speed gains to Workgroup Referencing and DLVPs would certainly hit the sweet spot. Quote Link to comment
mar schrammeyer Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 telepathic input no mouse needed Quote Link to comment
domer1322 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I doubt VW 2009 will be even twice as fast. Marketing guys are akin to lawyers ...... they can lie all they want if it is in the interest of their client. However, if VW were 10 times faster, it wouldn't do me any good, because I can't think 10 times faster than I do now. As before, I'm limited by my brain. OK NNA, I've taken the bait, where is the 10 times faster software ? (PS: I like VW 2008 a lot, even if it isn't 10 times faster.) Quote Link to comment
brudgers Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I don't think I could stand dealing with 10-12 times as many bugs per day. Quote Link to comment
LMS Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I don't think I could stand dealing with 10-12 times as many bugs per day. nothing says faster equates to increased productivity... so maybe they have simply screwed up the few working portions of the program thereby requiring one to work 10-12 times faster to make a deadline Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The release is a little earlier in the year from VW 2008 (that program dates Nov. 2007) Don't worry about the date of release, it will be actually almost exactly a year from the release of 2008, which was Sept. 13, 2007. By golly, you're right. I found the postcard NNA mailed out last year, highlighting Sept. 13th. So far, there has been nothing in the snail mail this year. Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 OK NNA, I've taken the bait, where is the 10 times faster software ? (PS: I like VW 2008 a lot, even if it isn't 10 times faster.) Where does it say the software is 10x faster. All I see is "work 10-12 times faster.". In my books, that increased productivity not faster software. I can see this happening by running tasks concurrently - as Christiaan suggests, render farms are one option that would easily deliver this (arbitrary 10-12x) work speed increase. Quote Link to comment
M5d Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 The ad says 'Surface Operations', not that that means anything but it's on the speed dial. So, what are surface operations? Rendering? Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Good spot. It would be good to me if they sped up colour fills and stipples amongst other things. Quote Link to comment
CRSA_890 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 (edited) Oops, I didn't know it was bad... sorry. Deleted by a moderator. Edited September 5, 2008 by CRSA_890 Quote Link to comment
altoids Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 10-12 speed increase doesn't need a render farm. It slowly dawned on companies that the GPU was much faster than the CPU for non-graphic tasks, so now some code that used to be executed by the CPU is handled by the GPU. Photoshop did this with their transformations & plug-in filters, for instance. I'm guess that VW is doing the same thing for some of their calculations/operations. A couple of researches in Belguim made a simple super-computer by sticking 4 high-end graphics cards in a box and having them do the calc, video and info here: http://fastra.ua.ac.be/en/index.html A little birdy told me that Parasolids will be incorporated into the next VW release. But overall, I agree w/ clb. Before VW gets any more shiny, new features, fix the bugs and annoying features. Quote Link to comment
Badarian Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 altoids, thanks for that link FASTRA that's some pretty wild stuff. Quote Link to comment
G_Hannigan Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Somewhat off topic - Maxon will release a new version of Cinema 4D soon. They not only have a demo available for download, it is full function (save, render, etc) for 42 days if you "activate" the download. Nice to be able to test it on your own hardware before paying for the upgrade! GH Quote Link to comment
cad@sggsa Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Where can I get hold of such a demo?? Please. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Google is your friend... http://www.google.com/search?q=CINEMA+4D&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Quote Link to comment
G_Hannigan Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Where can I get hold of such a demo?? Please. Go to the Downloads Page, you should see Demo Versions as a choice. http://www.maxoncomputer.com/download_demo.asp Fill out form (name, email), submit & download page will open. The new version is cross platform - 1 download will work for Mac or PC. Hope it is the same from your location. I added this to the thread because it seems to be a very powerful marketing strategy, unlike the buy it first & return if you don't like it that NNA favors. I've seen some posts that say you can contact NNA Sales and request a trial copy. Maxon's approach seems more open & friendly. GH Edited September 8, 2008 by G_Hannigan Quote Link to comment
cad@sggsa Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Thanks. Will down load now But I'm sure I read on here that NNA has Bought or taken over Maxon or something like that. Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Thanks. Will down load now But I'm sure I read on here that NNA has Bought or taken over Maxon or something like that. Yes. The Vectorworks and Maxon (CINEMA 4D, Bodypaint 3D) brands both have Nemetschek AG as their parent company. Quote Link to comment
cad@sggsa Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 So this could mean that the new VW2009 have the same capabilities as the CINEMA 4D, well I hope so. then adian I am thinking of going back to VW10, as it did not give me any trouble with FinalRender *ponders* Will see what the demo looks like first.... Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 No, that's not the way Nemetschek AG tends to work. Quote Link to comment
cad@sggsa Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 :mad: :mad: :mad: Keep getting kicked of whilst downloading this... bandwidth Quote Link to comment
G_Hannigan Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) Thanks. Will down load now But I'm sure I read on here that NNA has Bought or taken over Maxon or something like that. You've got it reversed, from VectorWorks Company description: "Company History Nemetschek North America,Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of European software giant Nemetschek AG." So this could mean that the new VW2009 have the same capabilities as the CINEMA 4D Not likely. GH Edited September 9, 2008 by G_Hannigan Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Keep getting kicked of whilst downloading this... bandwidth Download and use Firefox 3, it has a download manager that can resume downloads. Quote Link to comment
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