NilsN

That was a surreal moment, Jeff, I went back to the top and copied the titles you have (I will try to follow directions, eventually) and scrolled down to my post, which appeared as i had written it, and clicked on the "edit" and it popped up as you must have been editing at the same moment (or just before). I thought the server had become intelligent and "Knew" what I was about to do.

a strange moment...

-Nils

Jeff Mottle

I've slightly changed the format. I just realized that this is goign to get out of control pretty quickly so I created a new forum for wish list items. You now just post your item in your own thread.

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Spooner04

I hope this thread stays around even after the wish list is submitted. It's already proven resourceful in seeing the workarounds and solutions to many of the operator based problems in max, my own included.

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sergo

Should I wait for poll round or should I post my attitude to the wish-post in it's thread, like - "ok, I'm supporting this wish" or "No it's ridiculous, you can do it by x way "?

Elliot

PRECISION
During the last few years I have drifted to photography. My partners convinced me that it was easier to manufacture a real product and then take photos rather than drawing it up on an imprecise program.

LONGEVITY
A program that will not require constant up-dates to a new version already obsolete when it comes to the market.

COMPATIBILITY
I am still doing 3D but not in Viz or Max, mainly on SolidWORKS. The I bring the images to Viz to render them because Viz has better rendering capabilities. This conversions from SW to Viz are very tedious and sometimes complex. Over the years I have developed several workflows to bring them to VIZ in spite of all the marketing efforts of these companies to allow integration of the different import filters. There is a fellow in India that has develop a plugin for MAX that will allow the importation of SW, Inventor and other similar programs into VIZ or MAX.

During the last 12 years that I have been doing 3D the industry has come a long way. But, this is still half an artistic endeavor. My need for precise images pushed me to 70% SolidWORKS.

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Jeff Mottle

You can post your opinions or support for existing wish list items. This will help me decide which ones should be included in the vote.

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Hazdaz

As a Dreamer I love the idea of a Wish List, but the Realist in me tells me that it's a complete and utter waste of time. If this was almost any other software company, I would have some shred of hope that they might listen and actually improve their software accordingly... with AutoDesk? Not so much.
Their goal is to gobble-up the competition, and not gain new sales through better software. 90% of the stuff that people will come up with, has been an issue with MAX for many years now - with little improvement.

Maybe I am in an especially cynical mood tonight, but I see a lot of hard work and thoughtful comments posted up by some of you guys and I just see them falling onto deaf ears.