Yes DinØ, however as you said the first step is rarely taken by autodesk. That step would be listening to the customers and ACCEPTING that there is a problem. And then once one accepts there is a problem,only THEN can actions be taken to solve same. As you said the standard is to deny there is a problem; and this prevents action from being taken.
If we were to start a timer right now, and or start a 'pool' how long do you think it will take before A) pipes do not need this hack to work, or B)pipes actually respond dynamically to changes in the start of run invert instead of the user needing to adjust all inverts along the run?
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
2 years
5 years
Never
Keep in mind one should not need to add normal program functions (as in it actually functions) to a WISH list and wait for ones wishes to come true. Unless you are still believing in the tooth fairy. This should be a normal service pack item. And to that item; Service Packs should be released more frequently and more targeted to the features and functions that do not function. Instead of one or two in a year as with the 2008 release, and with each of those breaking things that weren't broken before the patch. Perhaps this SINGLE item approach might make for smoother, and or selective deployment of patches. I say this as there are times that particular things that a patch was supposed to solve, have often not been a problem for some users so they do not install the larger patches at all because they fear what the patch may break.
