MilesH said:...Anyway - Happy New Year to all Alibreans!!!
Miles
I know there must be some V9 Beta Testers out there (There was even some hint - of 'Alpha' testers!) - but - I wonder if they (the Beta Testers) would be allowed to say - when it is ready, stable, and firm; as well as delicious (has some yummy new features), with no aftertaste (doesn't leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth - because it backs up when you do something new or strange!)! :lol:bscott.arc-tech.com said:"Software is like dinner. You can take it out of the oven whenever you want, but you'll be happiest if you wait until it's actually done."
-- Bobby D. Bryant
I know there must be some V9 Beta Testers out there (There was even some hint - of 'Alpha' testers!) - but - I wonder if they (the Beta Testers) would be allowed to say - when it is ready, stable, and firm; as well as delicious (has some yummy new features)
rbrian said:Then - the next point is - would there be - or could there be - a 'Crash List" - of things to purposely try to do to make the Software Crash, Hang, Bog, etc. and see how it responds? If each tester had such a list - of all the things that tend to make it fail - they could start there - and then add their own experimenting to that!
siggy said:...to ensure that the product will work as intended - even when users do unintended/illogical things...
ntar827 said:Just talked to Mike in sales.
He said that V9.0 will not be released until the middle of February.
Gaspar said:ntar827 said:Just talked to Mike in sales.
He said that V9.0 will not be released until the middle of February.
Hey Ben! You haven't been talking to Alibre? Have you?![]()
I think the idea I had on this was that each time we send in an issue or incident - they keep a file on it. So - If a crash happened when say - I was in Helix feature doing an edit with a zillion IE windows open and programs X, Y, and Z running, on a 512MB P4 2.8 machine - then I would set that up as a testing parameter to be checked for sure.siggy said:I know at my company we DO build what we call a Test Plan that describes all of the boundary conditions that need to be tested plus every possible combination of commands - logical or not - that we can come up with. That plan is then used on a variety of different HW platforms, OS configs, 3rd party apps running/installed, etc to ensure that the product will work as intended - even when users do unintended/illogical things. I suspect Alibre does a similar test effort in house even before it goes out to alpha and beta test.
Sheet metal - by the way - If I remember right - was first included with AD V6.0 (Just before I bought in!), and is still at V1.0 itself - so improvements to it are well due. I also heard some time ago that big improvments are coming to SM - due to a new Corporate Affiliation and connection that was built (I understood - with a Strong Specialized Sheet Metal Software Company. Sources = Reliable)! Robertsiggy said:As for the release date of 9.0, when Alibre was in Albuquerque, NM for a user seminar a month ago, the Alibre reps specifically stated that 9.0 would be released in Jan and would include improvements to sheet metal and 2D drafting capabilities. Robert