Why is it that software compaines (all of them, not just Solidworks and Autodesk, heck not even just CAD companies) release a new feature that is 50% done. It's as if they got part of it working and then said.. good enough.

I cannot imagine the QA guys walking thru these workflows and signing off on it. It's as if they were never tested in the “real world”.

Then, chances are they do not even finish it in the next release. They wait for 2-3 release before returning to the incomplete feature to address it.

By then, users have developed workarounds and even if the features are completed, it takes a huge effort to overcome the ingrained workaround and use the completed feature the way it was intended.

I suppose it's all a part of the feature war that plagues most software manufacturers.

Nice catch Brian… I would hope that SW didn't do this on purpose and that this would be updated in a service pack but we all have to wonder about other software companies doing the same thing.

Like sdotson said, “By then, users have developed workarounds and even if the features are completed, it takes a huge effort to overcome the ingrained workaround and use the completed feature the way it was intended.” I've always thought (to myself) that maybe companies do this because they want to see reaction to the feature.

Steve