Let him know what you really think, but please don’t beat him up. In short, Dieter’s one of the good guys and he’s doing a brave thing here. He may very well be the best listener I’ve ever come across, in any context.
He did indeed respond very fully and honestly to the comments made by myself and others during the Beta program and in our emails. I have ‘known’ Dieter on-line for about 20 years and can attest to his integrity, intelligence and intense desire to do the best job possible. Please be as brutally honest as you wish about Autodesk, its offerings and its future plans. We always appreciate your feedback and we take it seriously.Īs Dieter suggests, please comment here with your problems and suggestions. I’d also like to emphasize that the software industry, Autodesk included, is trending toward online delivery of both software and documentation, and that these technology changes pose significant challenges to all of us. I’m glad to say that Help updates will no longer have to wait until the next product release. We invite your additional comments about any other problems you’ve had so that we can have a broad view of your needs as we define the scope of our update. We are working right now on our update plans. Access to information about new features.Improved precision from the Search function.Alphabetical listings of AutoCAD commands and system variables.
Additional navigation to supplement our Search function.Here are some of the trends we’ve seen so far in the suggestions users are making about AutoCAD Help: I responded promptly to every comment from each Beta user and will now address a wider audience. We are adding it to the valuable feedback we’ve already received from users who participated in our Beta program.
Thanks for the opportunity to respond to your readers, Steve.įirst, I want to assure you that we’re listening to your comments about AutoCAD 2013 Help. Following some email discussions, I am happy to present a response from a relevant Autodesk person to the posts and comments here about AutoCAD 2013’s Help.