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MPSchmied  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, April 19, 2023 3:39:58 AM(UTC)
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I was requesting for WIP-Builds here: http://www.masterviacad.com/beta/beta.php
But i got only links to Builds of V.12.
And a Message: "NOTE: We are testing V14 in the punchcad forum with download links and new feature videos."

I have noticed that the WIP builds are sometimes much better than downloads from the Punch website. Therefore, I won't update without access to WIP builds.
I bet the glitches in the in-stream zoom commands haven't been fixed yet...
I'll wait for version 15. Will it be possible to upgrade from version 9 to version 15? At time is there a Upgrade from v.7 possible, so i guess it will be possible.

But without a test version o do not upgrade. Or i use then the Money Back Warranty. Because if some bugs not fixed, i do not upgrade.

Edited by user Wednesday, April 19, 2023 4:18:35 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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#2 Posted : Wednesday, April 19, 2023 8:55:43 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: MPSchmied Go to Quoted Post
I was requesting for WIP-Builds here: http://www.masterviacad.com/beta/beta.php
But i got only links to Builds of V.12.
And a Message: "NOTE: We are testing V14 in the punchcad forum with download links and new feature videos."

I have noticed that the WIP builds are sometimes much better than downloads from the Punch website. Therefore, I won't update without access to WIP builds.
I bet the glitches in the in-stream zoom commands haven't been fixed yet...
I'll wait for version 15. Will it be possible to upgrade from version 9 to version 15? At time is there a Upgrade from v.7 possible, so i guess it will be possible.

But without a test version o do not upgrade. Or i use then the Money Back Warranty. Because if some bugs not fixed, i do not upgrade.


Tim mentions a "SP1" for v14, based on WIP builds. --> https://forum.punchcad.c...ts&m=41799#post41799

Beyond that I don't know the details. Having Mac and Win versions that get worked on at different times, makes some of the comments hard to follow. I suspect v14 SP1 will be Mac 1st, then Win. As for actual WIP builds for download, not sure. And with v15 already with the Dev team, how much focus is on "SP1" ?

All that said, this forum site needs to be split in two, one side Mac and the other side Win.

Edited by user Wednesday, April 19, 2023 8:57:02 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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Tim Olson  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:44:19 AM(UTC)
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Currently we are working on a 1626 WIP for both Mac and Windows for this weekend.

We're trying to address a couple more issues coming in from tech support in the build.

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#4 Posted : Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:50:41 AM(UTC)
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All that said, this forum site needs to be split in two, one side Mac and the other side Win.


I think with v15 the software will be more normalised across all platforms, I'm pretty sure Tim alluded to this in a thread recently, so I'd have to say why?

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#5 Posted : Wednesday, April 19, 2023 7:55:27 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: CNC_Kid Go to Quoted Post
All that said, this forum site needs to be split in two, one side Mac and the other side Win.


I think with v15 the software will be more normalised across all platforms, I'm pretty sure Tim alluded to this in a thread recently, so I'd have to say why?

Mike



Have to say, or have to ask why?

VC/SC on Mac OS is different than VC/SC on Win64, in every regard. GUI's are different, control is different because of different OS, etc etc.

Some postings have issues that only show up on Mac OS, others on only Win64, etc etc.

Having to split the forum between Mac and Win64 just makes it easier to read or find posts related to the OS I am running. It's a pita to read a thread of this or that only to learn later the thread is related to MacOS and not win64, so it really does not apply to me.

OR

Users need to park in their sig the OS they are running VC or SC on, makes it easy to see asap what OS the post is related to, etc.
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Tim Olson  
#6 Posted : Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:55:03 AM(UTC)
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>>GUI's are different

The GUI for Mac and Windows are the relatively the same. We use a cross platform underlay to provide the same dialogs, menus, tool palettes, etc.
However, controls are implemented at a native level where decorations (shadows/outlines/color) can be different.
Graphics used in the GUI are exactly the same as they are extracted from the same Skin folder located in the Resource folder.

>>Users need to park in their sig the OS they are running VC or SC on,

That is very useful for tracking down issues. Not just Mac or Windows but the OS version. IE macOS 11.7(M1/Intel), windows 10, windows 11.


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