"Let's get logical, logical / I wanna get logical..."
Autodesk bought iLogic from ADN member Logimetrix in December, and now Autodesk is giving it away free to Inventor 2009 users on subscription [Are there any who aren't? - Ed.] under the name of Inventor iLogic Extension 2009. You would use the software to embed engineering info in drawings through rules.
With it now being free, I feel for those who paid $4,300 for the software under its previous owner.
It's a funny feeling when you find good software, make payment through an act of instinctive generosity to support the company's brilliant staff, and then find that your $$-based gesture has become an unnecessary expenditure.
Fer instance, I actually paid for Picasa before Google bought it, who then made it free. Since then, however, I've had the benefit of free updates. I suppose that pay-then-free is less worse than a company (like Computer Associates) promising a $9.95/yr fee forever for anti-virus protection, and then doubling it a couple years later. It's worse, because then companies like CA lose paying customers and its ceo gets thrown in jail.
Hmmm.........Free? I thought you had to be a paying subscrition customer to get it? There are alot of Autodesk customers who are not on subscription. Customers who paid the full price of $4300.00 were paying for a perpetual licence not a subscription. They were happy to pay that price and nothing has changed for them since Autodesk aquired the technology.
Posted by: Mr iLogical | Feb 12, 2009 at 10:43 AM
It appears that Autodesk needed a tool to compete with DriveWorksXpress, which is included with every license of SolidWorks.
Does iLogic support automating 2D drawings also. By that I mean, can it adjust view scale and position, add/remove balloons, etc. Their website doesn't indicate anything about drawings.
I wonder how long it will take Autodesk's VARS to come up to speed?
Posted by: John | Feb 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM