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Originally Posted by Temper Metal
Please tell me that they did not do another ridiculous overhaul on the 2008 version (as they did on the 2007). I still prefer Inventor 8 (it was the one I started on). Our school computers are getting upgraded but I fear that it will not be good enough if they keep going at this rate. All I want is a software I can easily use (without crashing the computer). I believe that if they want to make the high-graphic version, that is fine. Just make a simpler version as well for us that don't have an endless supply of money for a computer. If Inventor keeps going at this rate, then FIRST will start having to provide computers that can actually run it (if they want to keep the playing field level). My team, I am sure, will continue to play even if Inventor starts giving others an advantage, however FIRST may seem less favorable to new starting teams.
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I agree with Akash. Inventor won't really deter teams from participating in FIRST because, as a participant on a rookie team, we did not even know how to USE inventor! As of now I still don't know, and we built our robot (however "unpretty" and asymmetrical) and it got us to our regional's finals as alliance leaders.
I downloaded Inventor 2008 (the college kids' version) last night, and I'm about to run the program and figure out how to use it. Inventor 2008 (and other Autodesk programs) are available for free from
http://students5.autodesk.com/?lbon=1 (which, I think, is the same site posted earlier in the thread) for anyone with a school email address (I don't think the person HAS to be in college, but I am so I don't know). If you don't have a school email address, you have to get a faculty member to sign up (as was stated earlier in the thread).
So far I'm loving how this version actually LOADS on Windows Vista!
