Did you say wish list?

[jarosa]

Well now, it looks like the factory may have been paying attention to parts of the wish list.
The attached screenshot is from AU 2008 (not that I went)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/tags/au2008/show/
If that was your wish list you got some....and a ribbon.

[Joef]

I never saw the results of the wish list voting (did anyone?), but more railing control no.1 wish? I'd like a recount.

[m20roxxers]

Railings was no.1 last year.

As for Autodesk that's a formality at AU where the product manager for the product (inventor, civil, revit) steps up and accepts the award from AUGI.
Then the beer bust begins and I guess after that the product manager loses the award after all the beer. ;)

[jarosa]

It makes you wonder, doesn't it. What is the current wishlist? Based on what? Importance, Relevance, Date Received????

[Munkholm]

Saw the 2008 wish list presentations at AU, but keep in mind that wishes presented in december 2008 can´t make it to the 2010 release in april 2009 - so those wishes wont make it before the Revit 2011 release (if ever :?:)

Would be funny to dig out the 2007 wishlist though... those wishes should now be in the 2010 release :cool: ?

[Chad Smith]

It makes you wonder, doesn't it. What is the current wishlist? Based on what? Importance, Relevance, Date Received????
Yeah, when you look at the voting results (http://www.augi.com/revit/default.asp?page=1607) it makes you wonder how they came up with that list. They've taken a bit from this list and a bit from that list, and even then it still doesn't make sense. I see "Ability to convert detail lines to model lines and vice versa (http://javascript<b></b>:OpenThread('75552'))" and "Mode-less" properties dialog" rank higher than "Sketch-Up Style Rendering (http://javascript<b></b>:OpenThread('85218'))" but where are they on the list? Who's to say that if the "Mode-less" properties dialog" wish was thrown into the pool with "Sketch-Up Style Rendering (http://javascript<b></b>:OpenThread('85218'))" that it wouldn't rank higher?

When you start comparing and ranking based on points across completely different lists, the results become invalid. And this is the problem with the current AUGI wishlist. Since it's not a true voting system, I wonder just how serious Autodesk actually take it? For a true accurate ranking, all wishes need to be ranked together as a whole. It would be a bit more accurate if they had an end of year ballot which took the top 10 wishes from each cycle and put them into a single ballot, and then pick the top 10 from that.
Autodesk really need a system of their own.

[jarosa]

More news on the wish list.
Below is a link to the AUGI hotnews. If that doesn't represent your wish list it's because the way wish list items are nominated and tabulated. Old items don't make the current list. Some of the items would be helpful for me. But for instance there are other things I would use before a leader without text and fire tape. It might be nice, but it sounds more like a new detail component. Anyways, what happened to a better text editor, better site tools, better stair/railing. How is that these items aren't on this wish list? See above.....

Link:
http://www.augi.com/publications/hotnews.asp?id=1940


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Autodesk Revit Architecture - AUGI HotNews Special Edition

Based on number of total points received during the voting process, the top 10 wishes in the Autodesk Revit Architecture Wish List are:

Free Form Call-out
"Show in current view only" option when adding sections, elevations or callouts
Revit "Fire Tape"
Background image when rendering
Allow leader lines (arrows without a text object)
Rescale hatches without importing
Give massing and modeling tools functionality similar to Sketch-Up and AutoCAD
Graphically create fill patterns
Text search and replace
Batch rendering and render farm capability

[Joef]

The problem with the wish list is the annual amnesia policy. Every year you are supposed to make up a wish list, vote on it then throw it away ... oops, send it to Autodesk, then throw it away. So if your wish doesn't make it into the final release, you have to do it all over again. Year after year. The futility of this exercise is stunning. What the heck is wrong with a permanent wish list? Just because a year passes and your wish make it into the final release, doesn't mean it isn't still worthwhile. It should be treated as a deficiency list, not a "wish list".

[gwnelson]

Just like New Year's resolutions

[jspartz]

The problem with the wish list is the annual amnesia policy. Every year you are supposed to make up a wish list, vote on it then throw it away ... oops, send it to Autodesk, then throw it away. So if your wish doesn't make it into the final release, you have to do it all over again. Year after year. The futility of this exercise is stunning. What the heck is wrong with a permanent wish list? Just because a year passes and your wish make it into the final release, doesn't mean it isn't still worthwhile. It should be treated as a deficiency list, not a "wish list".

I agree. Why not re-vote on items, add to the list, and whatever scores too low gets knocked off the list? I know Autodesk gets the full list, but are any below the top ten actually looked at or discarded? I'd rather see items 11-20 then the top ten added, since I don't have to deal with documentation.