Inventor 2008

[Akash Rastogi]

well, the only problem I currently found with it is that it can make your computer crash
I'm running it on a 3.6ghz P4 with 1.5 gigs of Kingston HyperX (gaming) RAM with a GeForce 6800 and it was still running and loading up slow. Not a huge deal but could lead to your pc crashing. (Get a dual core? )

[jcatt]

Originally Posted by XxMORTteam11xX

well, the only problem I currently found with it is that it can make your computer crash
I'm running it on a 3.6ghz P4 with 1.5 gigs of Kingston HyperX (gaming) RAM with a GeForce 6800 and it was still running and loading up slow. Not a huge deal but could lead to your pc crashing. (Get a dual core? )

I totally agree. I have an AMD athalon 64 at 2 GHz, 1.5 gigs of ram, and an ATI Fire GL and it take 5 minutes to load!!! LOL!!! I think I’ll go use my dads Core 2 Duo Extreme

[6600gt]

Originally Posted by jcatt

I totally agree. I have an AMD athalon 64 at 2 GHz, 1.5 gigs of ram, and an ATI Fire GL and it take 5 minutes to load!!! LOL!!! I think I’ll go use my dads Core 2 Duo Extreme

I have a Sempron 3100+ with 1GB of crappy Ram and it takes like 45 sec to load. Graphics card has nothing to do with the initialing loading. Only RAM, Processor, and HD speed matter.

Inventor's speed is practically directly proportional to your RAM amount and speed. I run Inventor on a machine with 4 gigs of Corsair Dominator XMS2, and it runs sooooo fast and well.

My other machine has 1.5 gigs, and is slow in comparison... All of the HD and CPU specs are the same across the machines. (but not the cases)

[Jeff 801]

does any one know why the design accelerator in inventor 2008 does not show up I have inventor 10, 11 installed if that has anything to do with it

[Po-ser]

That happened to me about a week ago while I was using Inventor 10. Not really sure what the problem is, and I still can't tell whether it's a bug in Inventor or just something stupid I did to make the window disappear. The taskbar shows that I've opened a new window but no window ever appears....

Someone recommended I uninstall and reinstall, though I've yet to do that. I'll let you know how it turns out.

[Jeff 801]

Originally Posted by Po-ser

That happened to me about a week ago while I was using Inventor 10. Not really sure what the problem is, and I still can't tell whether it's a bug in Inventor or just something stupid I did to make the window disappear. The taskbar shows that I've opened a new window but no window ever appears....

Someone recommended I uninstall and reinstall, though I've yet to do that. I'll let you know how it turns out.

i did that with 2008 and it worked i don't know why but it did

[Molten]

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.

[[527]phil]

I am truly Impressed with this release honestly. I'm running a dell inspiron E1705(complete with chipped paint media buttons). Core 2 duo 2.14Ghz, 2 gigs of ram, 7200RPM HDD, and a Radeon X1400 graphics card. Runs great, nice and quick. Oh BTW, i'm running it on Vista (no bugs yet)

[Akash Rastogi]

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.

I'm not sure about that. The software actually doesn't require all that much out of your system. So I doubt that this will be a huge factor for teams to make turn down FIRST. All bugs can be fixed and Inventor can even be run on lowly Celerons and Semprons of 2ghz or more. For any more specs refer to the Autodesk site.

"Note: The preceding requirements are recommended for effective use of Autodesk Inventor 2008 software. The following minimum system requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2008 can be used for educational purposes or small assembly design: Intel® Celeron® or AMD® Sempron™ (or better) with 512MB RAM and 1.5 GB available hard disk space. Installation of the Content Center requires an additional 1.8 GB of hard disk space and can be installed on a local workstation or centralized on a server location for access by multiple users."-Autodesk site

I don't think this is asking too much from any team or computer.

[JasJ002]

The problem is that Autodesk is building a program for real world companies that have the financial support to buy a computer that can handle just about any program. You can't expect them to write a completely different product for FIRST. If Autodesk doesn't continue to improve their product they will not be able to compete with programs like proE.

[Pnakovich]

so in my previous post about my comp. kinda crashing while working on a drawing(.idw), is there anything that could stop this from happening, like get more memory or a get a better graphics card?

[Pnakovich]

also, my computer has 512 ram, and everything is the most basic of parts that comes with the computer.

[enpurx]

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.

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!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by 6600gt

I have a Sempron 3100+ with 1GB of crappy Ram and it takes like 45 sec to load. Graphics card has nothing to do with the initialing loading. Only RAM, Processor, and HD speed matter.

Well, can you tell me why it still takes about a minute and a half for it to start up on my computer- 3.6 P4 + 1.5Gb RAM. The hard drive I have is actually fast, my hdd. Could it have anything to do with running it in RAID by any chance?
Or could it be that I need to install after defraging the drives? Hope somebody can help lower the time. Guess I could put up more $$$ for more RAM

...Oh and I fixed my crashing problem! yay. Led to re-installing Inventor though.