Topic: autodesk 2005

[dubb]

i will be migrating from 2004 to 2005. is anybody out there using 2005 that previously used 2004? what kind of factors must be forsseen before migrating? will production be faster by just switching to 2005? what happpens with system drivers, video, cad system, and network?

[SPDCad]

I upgraded from 2004 to 2005 about 5 months ago.  Everything went smoothly.

The new migrate feature in 2005 worked like a charm.

You can install 2005 on your computer and still have a working copy of 2004, if you are unsure about upgrading.

Go for it, some of the new tools are worth the upgrade.  

[Mark]

I didn't have any problems. I didn't use the migrate feature. I just un-install everything, wipe the registry info from the old version and start anew. Piece of cake.

[dubb]

thats good to hear.
how about the printing drivers, common errors, and overall functions of menus. how have these parts of autocad have changed.

from my experience with 2004 i rarely find any errors but when it comes to civil/landesktop there seems to be common "fatal exceptions" and errors which crashes autocad due complex drawings.

b.t.w.
network
-windows 2003 nt server

plotter
-hp1050c plus designjet

pc/operating system (per client)

-windows xp service pack 1

-p4 3100 mhz

-gforce fx5700LE (256 mb)

thanx for your input

[MP]

What is autodesk 2005?

[dubb]

do you remember that program you use to draw lines with "L" and copy with "C"

i take it that youre working on a different version

[MP]

I just found it curious that someone would refer to AutoCAD 2005 as Autodesk 2005, it would be like saying Microsoft 6 instead of Visual BASIC 6.

[dubb]

thats what it says on the package. ahha..
but you know what i mean when i said autodesk 2005

[whdjr]

I didn't have any problems. I didn't use the migrate feature. I just un-install everything, wipe the registry info from the old version and start anew. Piece of cake.

Mark,
What do you use to wipe the registry info?

[Mark]

I didn't have any problems. I didn't use the migrate feature. I just un-install everything, wipe the registry info from the old version and start anew. Piece of cake.

Mark,
What do you use to wipe the registry info?

Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk
right click -> export
give it a name and click save
right click again and -> delete
reboot.

[whdjr]

man ,  I thought you had some soffisticated method.
Thanks,

[SPDCad]

man ,  I thought you had some soffisticated method.
Thanks,

Mark's way seem pretty soffisticated for me.
I use a little programme called regcleaner.
RegCleaner find all the registry key associated with a progamme and then
displays them in a list.  You then just highlight the programme you want gone and hit the delete key. Its that simple.

The programme isn't the greatest but it work just fine for me.

 

[Andrew H]

I come across a few problems when I switched from 2004 to 2005.

AutoDork changed the plot dialog box and the entire enterface, so plot styles over a network were extremely slow. 2005 sp 1 fixed this.

AutoDork also changed a few of the commands, so some of my lisps and scripts didn't work anymore. I just asked a few friends from the Lisp forums to help out and they now work like a charm.

I think I've come across a few other little things like these, but spent a little time and they work now.

All the new features are great.

[dubb]

thanx for that inside story on autodork.

[ML]

I found some issues in the way 2005 recompiled my menu files.

Also, it seemed to have been screwing around with my profiles as I switced between the 3 profiles that I use, 2 regurlarly.

I don't know, we like some of the new features but it still seems buggy to me