The AutoCAD 2015 Bloggers day was my kind of event :D
The opportunity to visit San Francisco was amazing, One Market was cool, Pier 9 was awesome and being the first to know about AutoCAD 2015 was a treat - but the highlight of the weekend was meeting all the people who make these things happen.
It seems that recently Autodesk have changed how they develop AutoCAD. Acad 2015 gives us a new emphasis on usability, productivity and speed.
However you feel about Autodesk's maintenance subscription strategy, it is finally opening up some changes in Autodesk's 'Ux' (User Experience) development process.
Freed from having to have 'Big Ticket' developments in each new release to try and attract customers, Autodesk are looking back over their body of work to optimise AutoCAD's performance and make it as user friendly as possible.
No one wanted to be critical of Autodesk while enjoying their hospitality, but I could tell that this was a subject that most of the bloggers at the table felt passionately about. In my own personal opinion, that's because we are often the ones who have to explain Autodesk's pricing decisions to our bosses - and justify the cost!
so - Is the new AutoCAD LT 2015 'Desktop Subscription' (Licence Rental) offer from Autodesk value for Money?
Pier Nine is the workshop in which Carl Bass's Minions work on the technology to support Carl's quest for world domination. The Autodesk Helicarrier/Flying fortress is being developed here along with all the equipment required by Carl's swat team - the 'Industructables'.
